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