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