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