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