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