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 letter “o” in the middle? (a) red (b) box (c) pan
- 2.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) zip (c) ten
- 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) zip (c) dot
- 4.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 5.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) box (c) can
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) dot (b) sun (c) pen
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) box (c) bag
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) cup (b) lip (c) net
- 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) log (b) pig (c) bag
- 10.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 11.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) ten (b) tub (c) six
- 13.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) tub (b) dot (c) web
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) fox (b) pan (c) red
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) bus (b) cat (c) pin
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pan (b) bin (c) gem
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bag (b) zip (c) net
- 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) gem (c) lip
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) bus
- 21.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bed (b) lip (c) tap
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) web (b) lip (c) cap
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) cat (b) web (c) cup
- 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) ten (c) pan
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) log (b) six (c) net
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) run (b) six (c) tap
- 28.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) fox (b) web (c) van
- 30.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) van (c) pin
- 31.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) fox (b) six (c) cap
- 32.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) dot (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bat (c) run
- 34.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) box (b) bug (c) lip
- 36.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) log (b) hat (c) hug
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bag (b) tub (c) net
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) six (b) bat (c) box
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) bus
Answer key
- box
- hat
- zip
- a
- bed
- pen
- ten
- net
- pig
- a
- i
- six
- i
- web
- fox
- cat
- gem
- bag
- gem
- dog
- i
- lip
- cap
- web
- dot
- six
- run
- u
- van
- van
- six
- pen
- run
- a
- bug
- o
- hat
- net
- box
- dog
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