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