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