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