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