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