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