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