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