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