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