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