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