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