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