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