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