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