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 letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) hat (c) lip
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cup (b) box (c) map
- 3.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 4.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) pig (c) pen
- 5.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) lip (c) dot
- 6.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) red (b) bag (c) cup
- 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bus (c) lip
- 9.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tap (b) dog (c) nut
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) pin (b) bug (c) log
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bus (b) bin (c) log
- 12.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 13.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 14.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) hug (c) leg
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) can (c) bed
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bug (b) log (c) red
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) cup (b) bat (c) red
- 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) hat (c) bug
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) six (b) net (c) map
- 21.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 22.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) pin (c) can
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) pin (b) ten (c) rat
- 25.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) log (b) bin (c) bat
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) net (c) box
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) fox (b) ten (c) bus
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) log (b) pan (c) red
- 30.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pin (b) gem (c) dot
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) dog (b) can (c) sun
- 32.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) hat (c) net
- 33.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) tap (b) pig (c) hug
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) tub (b) cat (c) dog
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) log (b) van (c) ten
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pen (b) bag (c) fox
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) rat (c) sun
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) box (b) cat (c) pin
- 40.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) log (c) pen
Answer key
- hat
- box
- a
- pen
- lip
- u
- bag
- bus
- dog
- bug
- log
- a
- a
- e
- cap
- pig
- red
- red
- bug
- six
- e
- a
- dot
- rat
- a
- log
- sun
- fox
- pan
- gem
- can
- net
- a
- hug
- cat
- van
- fox
- rat
- pin
- log
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