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 letter “u” in the middle? (a) can (b) bus (c) log
- 2.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bus (b) map (c) log
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pig (b) hen (c) tap
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) van (b) web (c) six
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pan (b) bus (c) pin
- 7.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) bed (c) pin
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) map (c) hen
- 9.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 10.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 11.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) fox (c) ten
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) box (c) rat
- 13.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) fox (b) zip (c) bat
- 15.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 16.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) van (b) net (c) bin
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) bag (b) bed (c) fox
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) lip (b) hen (c) bus
- 20.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) cap (b) zip (c) pen
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) zip (b) nut (c) hen
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bug (c) bag
- 24.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cat (c) dot
- 26.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 27.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 28.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bin (b) bus (c) web
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) zip (b) pen (c) log
- 31.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bug (b) bed (c) pig
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) pan (b) pin (c) bed
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) pin (c) sun
- 34.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) ten (b) nut (c) bag
- 36.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) lip (b) cap (c) bug
- 38.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) zip (b) ten (c) log
- 40.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
Answer key
- bus
- i
- bus
- pig
- web
- pin
- cup
- map
- i
- i
- ten
- box
- a
- bat
- a
- a
- van
- bag
- bus
- i
- cap
- hen
- fox
- e
- dot
- e
- a
- a
- bus
- log
- pig
- pan
- sun
- i
- bag
- a
- bug
- e
- log
- e
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