Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 2.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) pig (c) cat
- 3.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) zip (b) van (c) fox
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) leg (c) bug
- 5.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 6.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hen (c) hat
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) nut (c) lip
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) hug (b) dot (c) tap
- 9.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pig (b) bed (c) dog
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pig (b) dot (c) pen
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) dog (b) cat (c) gem
- 13.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cat (b) pig (c) tub
- 14.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) red (b) run (c) tap
- 16.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) zip (b) web (c) van
- 18.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 19.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) can (c) dog
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) map (b) run (c) log
- 22.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bin (b) rat (c) gem
- 24.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) run (c) bin
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dot (b) bin (c) run
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) lip (b) dot (c) red
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) bat (c) log
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) red (b) sun (c) dog
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bed (b) cup (c) dog
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) ten (b) tap (c) box
- 31.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) fox (b) hen (c) pin
- 33.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tap (b) bus (c) pen
- 34.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 35.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hug (b) tap (c) hen
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) lip (b) bus (c) fox
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) van (b) web (c) tub
- 39.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) cup (b) can (c) pin
Answer key
- u
- pig
- fox
- bug
- o
- dot
- lip
- tap
- u
- dog
- pen
- gem
- tub
- i
- tap
- e
- zip
- e
- a
- can
- run
- e
- rat
- run
- run
- red
- ten
- sun
- bed
- tap
- a
- pin
- pen
- e
- a
- tap
- bus
- web
- u
- pin
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