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