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