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