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