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.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) log (b) bed (c) cap
- 3.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 4.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) tub (b) gem (c) tap
- 6.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) rat (b) bin (c) hen
- 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bat (b) box (c) pen
- 9.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 10.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dog (c) bat
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tap (b) net (c) dot
- 12.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 13.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cap (b) dog (c) pig
- 15.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tap (b) net (c) box
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) web (c) pin
- 17.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 18.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) ten (c) hat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) hug (b) dog (c) lip
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) dog (c) pig
- 21.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) fox (b) bin (c) leg
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cat (b) fox (c) web
- 24.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) log (c) pig
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) bat (c) cup
- 27.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bin (b) ten (c) tub
- 29.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 30.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) dog (c) sun
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) tub (c) pig
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bat (b) ten (c) tub
- 34.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) run (b) dot (c) bin
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dog (b) hen (c) sun
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bed (b) pig (c) tub
- 38.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 39.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) pen (b) hug (c) bat
Answer key
- a
- log
- e
- a
- tap
- u
- hen
- pen
- u
- bat
- dot
- u
- e
- pig
- box
- pin
- e
- hat
- lip
- dog
- o
- leg
- web
- e
- van
- log
- a
- ten
- a
- u
- bag
- tub
- tub
- i
- bin
- dog
- tub
- o
- i
- pen
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