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