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 “can”? (a) tap (b) nut (c) six
- 2.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hen (b) hat (c) cup
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) hat (b) red (c) bin
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) bus (b) pan (c) ten
- 6.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) six (c) cat
- 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tub (b) pan (c) dog
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) cap (b) pig (c) hen
- 10.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) web (c) bat
- 12.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) rat (b) zip (c) dog
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cat (b) dog (c) lip
- 15.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hug (b) cap (c) dog
- 17.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) six (b) can (c) fox
- 19.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) hat (c) red
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) net (b) fox (c) nut
- 21.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) cat (c) red
- 23.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) can (c) gem
- 25.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cap (b) sun (c) net
- 27.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) sun (c) dot
- 29.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) zip
- 32.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) bat (b) tub (c) red
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) web (b) bin (c) bat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) dog (b) cap (c) gem
- 36.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) web (b) dot (c) zip
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) ten (b) fox (c) map
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pan (b) lip (c) hen
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) web (c) lip
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tap (b) tub (c) pen
Answer key
- tap
- a
- hat
- red
- pan
- a
- six
- tub
- pig
- i
- zip
- o
- rat
- lip
- e
- cap
- e
- fox
- log
- fox
- e
- cat
- u
- gem
- a
- net
- u
- sun
- i
- u
- dog
- u
- red
- web
- gem
- web
- map
- hen
- bag
- tap
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