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