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