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