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