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