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.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) fox (b) tap (c) pin
- 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bus (b) pen (c) pig
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bin (b) dot (c) red
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) gem (b) bin (c) hat
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cap (b) dot (c) cup
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) log (b) pig (c) map
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) tap (c) box
- 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bed (b) fox (c) pig
- 10.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) hat (c) zip
- 12.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 13.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 14.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 15.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) cup (b) log (c) pen
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) van (b) web (c) zip
- 18.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) red (b) tub (c) fox
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) fox (b) pig (c) bus
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) sun (c) red
- 22.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) net (c) can
- 24.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) web (c) cup
- 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) log (c) bin
- 27.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) pan (c) ten
- 28.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) ten (b) bat (c) six
- 30.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) bin (b) dot (c) web
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) box (b) rat (c) lip
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bat (b) pin (c) dog
- 34.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) hat (c) bug
- 35.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 36.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) can (b) tub (c) six
- 37.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) dog (c) net
- 39.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cap (c) pin
- 40.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bat (b) box (c) leg
Answer key
- u
- tap
- bus
- red
- bin
- cup
- map
- tap
- pig
- o
- zip
- u
- a
- i
- e
- pen
- web
- i
- red
- bus
- sun
- a
- can
- u
- dot
- bin
- pan
- a
- bat
- e
- web
- box
- dog
- bug
- e
- tub
- o
- van
- pin
- box
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