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 “six”? (a) box (b) bus (c) zip
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) can (b) tub (c) log
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) pan (b) run (c) gem
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) leg (b) tub (c) log
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) dot (b) hat (c) pen
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) log
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) log (b) hat (c) hen
- 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bat (c) cup
- 9.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 10.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 11.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) bat (b) pig (c) hug
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bag (b) run (c) hen
- 14.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) map (b) pig (c) tub
- 16.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) map (b) red (c) sun
- 18.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) bus (c) bed
- 19.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pin (b) cat (c) sun
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) run (b) hen (c) dog
- 22.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) dot (c) sun
- 23.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 24.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 25.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) net (b) run (c) rat
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) tub (c) pin
- 28.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) leg (b) hug (c) log
- 30.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 31.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) map (b) bed (c) bin
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) bag (b) ten (c) dot
- 33.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) leg (b) fox (c) bug
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) sun (b) cat (c) gem
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) six (b) box (c) tub
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) cup (b) box (c) web
- 37.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) nut (b) bin (c) dog
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) tap (b) gem (c) run
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bed (c) bat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hug (b) fox (c) six
Answer key
- zip
- log
- gem
- log
- dot
- bin
- hen
- cup
- o
- a
- i
- pig
- hen
- u
- tub
- u
- map
- log
- i
- pin
- dog
- sun
- a
- a
- e
- rat
- tub
- e
- log
- u
- bed
- ten
- leg
- gem
- box
- web
- dog
- tap
- bat
- fox
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