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 “nut”? (a) hat (b) sun (c) bed
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) sun (b) fox (c) ten
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) leg (b) hat (c) nut
- 4.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pig (b) can (c) log
- 6.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 7.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bin (b) hat (c) red
- 9.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) run (b) pen (c) zip
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) van (c) lip
- 12.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) hen (b) pin (c) van
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) lip (b) leg (c) hug
- 15.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) rat (b) six (c) hen
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) zip (c) dog
- 18.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pen (c) pig
- 19.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) box (c) bat
- 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) net (c) sun
- 22.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) box (b) rat (c) bin
- 24.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cap (b) pin (c) box
- 25.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) nut (b) hat (c) pen
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) cat (b) bug (c) bin
- 28.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) cap (b) sun (c) bed
- 30.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) ten (c) cat
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) van (b) web (c) pig
- 32.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) run (b) bat (c) zip
- 34.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) map (b) pen (c) box
- 36.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) hat (b) box (c) nut
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pen (b) hat (c) log
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) log (b) web (c) bug
- 40.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
Answer key
- sun
- fox
- hat
- e
- log
- o
- a
- bin
- u
- run
- dot
- u
- van
- hug
- a
- hen
- zip
- pig
- e
- bat
- bin
- e
- rat
- box
- a
- pen
- bin
- u
- cap
- cat
- web
- i
- run
- u
- box
- i
- nut
- pen
- bug
- i
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