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