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