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