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