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