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) zip (b) box (c) web
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) tub (b) rat (c) net
- 3.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 4.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 5.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) nut (c) hat
- 6.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 7.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) dot (b) pig (c) bug
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bug (b) red (c) tap
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bat (b) cup (c) log
- 11.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) cat (b) dog (c) cup
- 13.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) bin (c) fox
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) map (b) nut (c) zip
- 16.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) gem (c) cup
- 17.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) six (c) red
- 19.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) log (c) pan
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) lip (c) bus
- 22.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) dot (c) pin
- 23.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) cap (c) bin
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) dot (b) red (c) lip
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) sun (b) box (c) leg
- 26.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 27.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) fox (b) leg (c) rat
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bus (b) dog (c) cap
- 30.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) pig (c) run
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) fox (b) gem (c) pin
- 32.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) cap (c) bin
- 34.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) six (b) bag (c) run
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bug (b) ten (c) cap
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pig (b) net (c) rat
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) leg (b) six (c) tap
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bin (b) pan (c) web
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) ten
Answer key
- web
- rat
- o
- i
- hat
- i
- o
- bug
- red
- log
- u
- cup
- a
- cap
- nut
- cup
- a
- red
- e
- log
- lip
- pin
- bin
- red
- box
- i
- i
- fox
- bus
- pig
- pin
- a
- bed
- u
- run
- ten
- net
- tap
- web
- ten
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