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