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