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.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 2.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 3.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) dot (b) run (c) ten
- 5.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) rat (c) fox
- 6.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cap (b) bus (c) bed
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) six (b) box (c) tap
- 9.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) sun (c) cat
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) dog (b) pen (c) pig
- 12.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) tap (c) zip
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dot (b) bin (c) bed
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bug (b) net (c) dog
- 15.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 16.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 17.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 18.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) ten (b) can (c) fox
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) ten (b) box (c) bus
- 21.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) gem (b) fox (c) bin
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) pin (b) ten (c) run
- 24.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) map (b) ten (c) bin
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) dot (c) cup
- 27.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) lip (b) cup (c) van
- 29.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) bag (c) nut
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) dog (b) van (c) pen
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) tap (b) bin (c) dot
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hen (b) tub (c) bin
- 33.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 34.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) ten (b) hug (c) six
- 36.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) six (b) hen (c) log
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) cat (b) dog (c) ten
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) hug (b) gem (c) cat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) sun (b) bat (c) log
Answer key
- a
- e
- a
- ten
- pen
- a
- bus
- six
- o
- cat
- pig
- zip
- bed
- net
- i
- e
- u
- a
- can
- box
- o
- fox
- pin
- e
- bin
- cup
- u
- van
- nut
- dog
- bin
- hen
- a
- u
- hug
- o
- hen
- dog
- hug
- sun
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