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 “lip”? (a) map (b) six (c) pen
- 2.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) van (b) tub (c) ten
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bag (b) box (c) six
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) leg (b) six (c) tub
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hug (b) van (c) hen
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) run (b) gem (c) dog
- 8.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) lip (c) run
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) leg (b) bat (c) dog
- 11.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 12.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) cat (b) six (c) pen
- 14.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) run (c) hen
- 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) leg (c) sun
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) hug (c) lip
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) can (b) pen (c) bug
- 19.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) dot (c) red
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) net (c) pin
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) lip (b) rat (c) tub
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) ten (b) lip (c) bag
- 24.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hug (c) fox
- 25.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) net (b) dog (c) pin
- 27.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) sun (c) web
- 29.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 30.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tap (b) dog (c) red
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) map (b) lip (c) ten
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) fox (b) lip (c) tap
- 34.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) box (c) cap
- 36.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) net (b) lip (c) map
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) web (b) tub (c) can
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) box (b) hen (c) hug
- 40.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) pig (c) cat
Answer key
- six
- a
- ten
- box
- six
- van
- dog
- a
- run
- leg
- i
- u
- pen
- e
- hen
- leg
- ten
- bug
- i
- dot
- net
- lip
- lip
- bin
- o
- dog
- u
- lip
- a
- o
- tap
- ten
- lip
- a
- cap
- i
- net
- can
- hug
- pig
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