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