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