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 “tap”? (a) gem (b) bin (c) bag
- 2.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 3.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pan (b) red (c) six
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) log (b) ten (c) sun
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tub (b) dog (c) van
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) tub (c) map
- 8.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) log (b) lip (c) leg
- 10.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 11.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) pan (c) zip
- 13.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 14.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) cup (b) log (c) van
- 16.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 17.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 18.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 19.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) tub (c) box
- 21.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) zip (b) ten (c) cup
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pin (b) cap (c) net
- 24.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cap (b) run (c) log
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) web (b) dog (c) sun
- 26.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) net (b) cat (c) six
- 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) log (c) tap
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dot (b) zip (c) bus
- 30.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) net (b) hat (c) box
- 32.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) leg (b) dog (c) bus
- 34.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) can (c) bug
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) bin (b) dog (c) bat
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) ten (b) hat (c) box
- 37.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) can (c) sun
- 38.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) bin (c) bat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) zip (b) cup (c) pan
Answer key
- bag
- a
- a
- red
- log
- tub
- six
- e
- lip
- e
- o
- zip
- u
- o
- van
- i
- e
- u
- a
- hen
- a
- cup
- cap
- log
- sun
- o
- net
- tap
- bus
- a
- net
- a
- dog
- bug
- bat
- box
- bin
- a
- bat
- cup
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