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