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