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