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