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