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.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 2.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) zip (b) run (c) cap
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) gem (b) fox (c) bag
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hat (b) red (c) dog
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) run (b) dot (c) pin
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) lip (b) bed (c) box
- 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tub (b) pin (c) bat
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bed (b) box (c) lip
- 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) bat (c) pig
- 11.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) dog (c) can
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) tub
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dog (b) six (c) bat
- 14.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) run (b) six (c) hat
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) sun (b) rat (c) fox
- 17.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 18.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 19.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bus (b) dog (c) pin
- 21.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bat (b) dot (c) pig
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) cap (b) net (c) box
- 23.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) bus (c) leg
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) dot (b) bug (c) web
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) cup (b) van (c) zip
- 26.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) fox (b) rat (c) nut
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pen (b) zip (c) sun
- 29.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) pig (b) van (c) bus
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) log (b) red (c) zip
- 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) zip (c) bag
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) van (c) bed
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hen (b) pin (c) tub
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) log (b) bag (c) ten
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) zip (c) box
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) lip (c) hat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) tub (b) rat (c) bin
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) nut (b) lip (c) dot
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) hen (b) bug (c) cat
Answer key
- e
- o
- zip
- fox
- dog
- pin
- bed
- pin
- box
- box
- ten
- bin
- bat
- o
- hat
- rat
- i
- e
- a
- pin
- dot
- net
- map
- web
- zip
- a
- nut
- sun
- a
- bus
- zip
- bag
- hug
- tub
- bag
- zip
- hat
- tub
- dot
- hen
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