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