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