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