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