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