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