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