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