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