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