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