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