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 “can”? (a) cap (b) pin (c) net
- 2.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) cat (c) bed
- 3.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pan (b) hen (c) pig
- 5.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) bed (c) dog
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) hat (b) dot (c) hen
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cup (b) dot (c) can
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) red (c) bug
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) box (b) van (c) six
- 10.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 11.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 12.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bed (c) cup
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bag (b) six (c) bug
- 15.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pen (b) bug (c) bin
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) zip (c) bus
- 18.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) rat (b) bug (c) dog
- 20.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) fox (c) hat
- 21.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) red (c) cap
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) net
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) hat (c) pen
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bag (b) sun (c) hen
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hug (b) log (c) net
- 27.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 28.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 29.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tub (b) fox (c) tap
- 30.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bus (b) zip (c) dog
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pig (c) rat
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) dog (b) hat (c) tub
- 34.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bin (b) log (c) net
- 36.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) tap (c) bug
- 37.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bug (b) can (c) zip
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) lip (b) dog (c) tub
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) bus (c) leg
Answer key
- cap
- lip
- a
- pig
- bed
- hat
- cup
- box
- six
- e
- e
- o
- cup
- bag
- i
- bin
- zip
- a
- dog
- hug
- o
- bin
- dog
- pen
- hen
- net
- u
- i
- tap
- a
- zip
- dog
- dog
- e
- net
- bug
- i
- can
- tub
- hat
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