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