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