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