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.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) leg (b) bag (c) six
- 2.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) net (c) lip
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) nut
- 4.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 5.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hen (b) bat (c) run
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) red (c) log
- 8.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 9.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 10.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pin (b) bat (c) hug
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) can (c) zip
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) can (c) lip
- 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) bat (c) dog
- 15.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) can (b) bus (c) zip
- 17.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 18.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 19.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) pan (c) zip
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) net (b) zip (c) hug
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) hug (c) tap
- 22.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) dot (b) pen (c) pin
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) pig (c) van
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bus (b) fox (c) bin
- 26.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) net (b) box (c) bin
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) ten (b) nut (c) six
- 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tap (b) ten (c) fox
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) web (b) hat (c) bug
- 31.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) web (c) dog
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) net (b) hug (c) zip
- 33.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 34.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bus (b) ten (c) dot
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) gem (b) dog (c) pig
- 37.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) dog (b) pan (c) red
- 39.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 40.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
Answer key
- leg
- lip
- nut
- i
- u
- run
- log
- o
- i
- a
- pin
- dot
- can
- bat
- u
- zip
- a
- u
- pan
- hug
- hug
- a
- pen
- hen
- bus
- a
- net
- nut
- fox
- hat
- web
- hug
- u
- o
- ten
- pig
- o
- pan
- u
- i
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