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