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