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