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