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 “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bed (c) tap
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) net (b) six (c) bus
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) lip (c) bed
- 4.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) log (c) ten
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) tap (c) gem
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bus (c) net
- 8.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) can (c) box
- 10.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pig (c) tub
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) hen (c) bus
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) zip (b) ten (c) nut
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) bed (b) dog (c) cat
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) sun (c) cap
- 16.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) pin (b) bug (c) pan
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) ten (b) tap (c) six
- 19.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 20.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bus (b) dog (c) tap
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hat (b) sun (c) web
- 23.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hen (b) run (c) tap
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bin (b) leg (c) dog
- 25.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) cat (b) pin (c) bug
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) tub (c) six
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) hen (b) log (c) six
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) box (b) zip (c) bat
- 30.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) pin (b) tap (c) hen
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) nut (b) dot (c) hat
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) rat (b) pen (c) bus
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 35.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) tub (c) hen
- 37.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) box (c) sun
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) van (b) gem (c) six
- 39.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) red (b) bag (c) pin
Answer key
- bed
- net
- cap
- u
- log
- tap
- net
- a
- pen
- u
- pig
- box
- ten
- bed
- sun
- i
- pin
- tap
- e
- u
- bus
- sun
- run
- dog
- u
- cat
- tub
- hen
- box
- o
- hen
- hat
- bus
- o
- i
- hen
- zip
- van
- e
- red
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