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