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.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 2.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) lip (b) ten (c) cat
- 4.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bus (b) log (c) map
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) hen (c) dot
- 7.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) lip (c) ten
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) red (b) bag (c) log
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cup (b) hat (c) hen
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) pan (b) dog (c) bug
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) bat (b) red (c) pig
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bus (c) ten
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) run (c) dot
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) box (b) net (c) cat
- 16.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) run (b) log (c) zip
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) lip
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) web (c) tub
- 19.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 20.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pig (b) run (c) hat
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) pan (b) pen (c) cup
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cap (b) red (c) dot
- 24.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) gem (c) bat
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) fox (c) hug
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) web (c) dot
- 28.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 29.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) tap (c) tub
- 31.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) van (c) cup
- 33.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) tap (b) leg (c) six
- 35.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dog (c) net
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) pan (b) bug (c) red
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) pan (c) fox
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) dot (b) map (c) pin
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) tap (b) six (c) nut
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) lip (b) nut (c) bed
Answer key
- e
- u
- cat
- a
- map
- cup
- a
- lip
- log
- hen
- dog
- bat
- bag
- run
- cat
- log
- lip
- web
- i
- a
- hat
- cup
- red
- a
- bat
- fox
- dot
- a
- e
- tub
- a
- van
- u
- leg
- dog
- bug
- bed
- map
- tap
- nut
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