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