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