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