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