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