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.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) dog (b) bin (c) tub
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) lip
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) cap (c) pen
- 5.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 6.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bug (b) red (c) rat
- 8.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) map (b) run (c) six
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) bed (c) sun
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bus (b) hen (c) rat
- 12.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) pin (b) bat (c) log
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) box (b) pig (c) nut
- 15.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) pin (b) box (c) pen
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) lip (b) tub (c) cap
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) six (b) sun (c) cat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) fox (b) pin (c) run
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) pig (c) sun
- 21.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 22.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) bin (c) red
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) van (b) dog (c) sun
- 24.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) map (c) pen
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) hat (b) dog (c) lip
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) leg (b) run (c) lip
- 28.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pin (b) hat (c) dog
- 30.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pig (c) web
- 31.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bug (c) red
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) rat (b) nut (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) rat (b) dot (c) bug
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) box (b) pig (c) bed
- 35.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 36.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tap (b) pin (c) ten
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) bat (b) lip (c) sun
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) pig (c) log
- 39.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) log (b) leg (c) pan
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) pin (b) red (c) nut
Answer key
- i
- bin
- tap
- cap
- a
- i
- bug
- i
- map
- bed
- hen
- a
- bat
- pig
- a
- pen
- lip
- sun
- fox
- box
- a
- red
- van
- u
- log
- hat
- run
- e
- dog
- web
- bug
- six
- bug
- box
- i
- tap
- sun
- map
- leg
- nut
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