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