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.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) tub (b) van (c) pig
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) bus (b) rat (c) dot
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) log (b) zip (c) map
- 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pen (c) sun
- 6.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bed (c) fox
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hen (b) sun (c) can
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) fox (b) can (c) run
- 9.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bin (c) sun
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) hat (b) dog (c) zip
- 12.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 13.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bus (c) bed
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) web (c) run
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) dot (b) leg (c) pig
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) hug (b) pan (c) fox
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bed (c) six
- 19.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 20.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) can (b) bin (c) hug
- 22.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) leg (b) cup (c) pan
- 24.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) ten (b) van (c) six
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) six (b) ten (c) bug
- 26.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) pen (b) tap (c) fox
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) bug (b) hat (c) zip
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) dog (b) zip (c) cap
- 30.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) nut (b) lip (c) gem
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) cat (b) six (c) gem
- 33.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) leg (c) dog
- 35.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) hat
- 37.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) pin (c) van
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pig (b) rat (c) hug
- 39.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) box (b) ten (c) pig
Answer key
- e
- tub
- rat
- log
- log
- zip
- hen
- run
- e
- sun
- dog
- i
- u
- bus
- web
- pig
- hug
- bed
- a
- a
- hug
- e
- leg
- six
- bug
- i
- tap
- hat
- cap
- i
- lip
- gem
- u
- can
- u
- hat
- net
- hug
- o
- ten
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