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