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