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