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 “i” in the middle? (a) map (b) web (c) bin
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) box (b) red (c) bin
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) sun (b) box (c) pen
- 4.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cat (b) fox (c) lip
- 6.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) six (b) fox (c) web
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) box (c) bat
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) six (b) pen (c) hat
- 10.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 11.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) net (b) van (c) zip
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) leg (b) sun (c) fox
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) dot (b) pan (c) pin
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) log (b) bus (c) tap
- 16.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bug (c) pen
- 18.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) lip (b) hat (c) gem
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) dot (b) six (c) rat
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pen (b) fox (c) tap
- 21.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hug (b) van (c) pen
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) hug (b) cat (c) log
- 24.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) pig (c) cat
- 25.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bag (c) ten
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) hen (c) hat
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) dot (b) rat (c) leg
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) zip (b) map (c) bus
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bed (b) hat (c) sun
- 30.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) six (c) bed
- 31.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) bug (c) hen
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) rat (b) bus (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) tub (c) lip
- 34.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 35.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) pin (c) rat
- 36.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 37.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) pig (c) fox
- 38.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) web (b) tap (c) tub
- 39.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 40.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
Answer key
- bin
- red
- pen
- i
- fox
- u
- web
- bat
- pen
- i
- a
- net
- sun
- pin
- bus
- o
- pen
- hat
- rat
- tap
- a
- pen
- hug
- hug
- ten
- log
- leg
- bus
- hat
- six
- bug
- rat
- lip
- e
- cup
- o
- bed
- tub
- a
- a
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