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 _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) red (b) hug (c) bat
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) web (b) pin (c) fox
- 4.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) cap (c) ten
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) bin (b) cat (c) dog
- 6.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) log (c) pan
- 7.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 8.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) dot (b) tub (c) bag
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) sun (b) dog (c) six
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) dot (b) sun (c) can
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) pig (b) bed (c) dot
- 13.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) ten (b) bat (c) dot
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) sun (b) cat (c) pin
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) van (b) log (c) hen
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) ten (b) six (c) hug
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) web (c) van
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bag (b) bed (c) bin
- 20.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 21.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) six (b) hat (c) box
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cap (b) fox (c) run
- 23.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 24.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 25.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) fox (b) sun (c) cap
- 27.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 28.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) hen (b) fox (c) rat
- 30.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) net (b) six (c) van
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) dot (c) pig
- 33.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) red (c) tap
- 35.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tub (b) lip (c) hen
- 36.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) pan (b) web (c) bin
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) dot (b) web (c) lip
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) sun
- 40.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) leg (c) bag
Answer key
- u
- red
- pin
- ten
- cat
- zip
- u
- a
- bag
- sun
- sun
- dot
- u
- bat
- cat
- hen
- hug
- web
- bin
- a
- box
- fox
- a
- i
- u
- fox
- e
- o
- rat
- i
- net
- dot
- u
- red
- tub
- a
- web
- lip
- sun
- leg
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