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 “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) bug (c) web
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pin (b) ten (c) dog
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) ten (b) bug (c) pan
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) fox (c) bus
- 5.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 6.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) nut (b) dog (c) bat
- 8.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) six (b) hen (c) bug
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) six (b) nut (c) net
- 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tub (b) zip (c) map
- 12.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 13.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tub (b) leg (c) can
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) run (b) dot (c) pig
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) pan
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) box (b) bed (c) nut
- 17.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) net (b) hat (c) box
- 19.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) cap (c) dog
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) rat (b) zip (c) fox
- 22.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) bed (c) hat
- 23.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) pen (c) dog
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) tap (b) pig (c) nut
- 25.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) hen (c) bus
- 27.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) sun (b) fox (c) tap
- 29.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) ten
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bag (b) hen (c) pig
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) sun (b) hen (c) dot
- 33.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) bin (c) log
- 35.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 36.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 37.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) web (b) bin (c) dot
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) box (c) lip
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) leg (b) bug (c) zip
Answer key
- bug
- pin
- pan
- fox
- o
- e
- nut
- a
- bug
- six
- map
- a
- tub
- dot
- nut
- bed
- u
- box
- e
- cap
- zip
- bed
- cup
- nut
- a
- bus
- u
- tap
- u
- rat
- hen
- dot
- i
- log
- e
- i
- e
- web
- ten
- zip
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