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