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