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) o (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) dot (b) six (c) hug
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) sun (b) leg (c) van
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) ten (c) bug
- 5.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) lip (b) nut (c) dot
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) hug
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) box (c) bug
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pig (b) ten (c) log
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bag (b) box (c) nut
- 11.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 12.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) pin (c) pan
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) web (b) lip (c) tub
- 15.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 16.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 17.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 18.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bat (b) pig (c) red
- 20.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) pen (b) rat (c) box
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) leg (b) box (c) pin
- 23.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 24.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) pan (b) ten (c) six
- 26.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 27.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) cup (b) log (c) cat
- 29.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) leg (b) bin (c) cat
- 30.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 31.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 32.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 33.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 34.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 35.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) dot (b) run (c) zip
- 37.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) run (b) box (c) leg
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bus (b) lip (c) log
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) web (b) dog (c) bat
Answer key
- u
- dot
- sun
- bug
- u
- nut
- dog
- rat
- log
- bag
- u
- e
- pan
- tub
- o
- i
- i
- a
- pig
- a
- rat
- box
- e
- o
- ten
- o
- a
- cup
- cat
- i
- e
- a
- i
- e
- a
- zip
- u
- box
- lip
- web
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