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