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