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