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