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