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