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 “cat”? (a) pen (b) bus (c) bat
- 2.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bug (b) pin (c) hen
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) ten (b) hat (c) nut
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) dot (b) hen (c) cup
- 5.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) cup (b) net (c) dog
- 7.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 8.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) ten (b) pan (c) bin
- 10.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 11.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) sun (b) hen (c) box
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) bug (b) six (c) ten
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bin (b) cat (c) dog
- 15.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 16.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bed (c) fox
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dog (b) map (c) tub
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) bus (b) leg (c) map
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) hen (c) rat
- 21.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) can (b) gem (c) lip
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) cup (b) pin (c) bat
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) web (b) box (c) zip
- 25.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) dog (b) hen (c) rat
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) zip (c) pan
- 28.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 29.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bin (b) dog (c) ten
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bus (b) lip (c) web
- 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) net (b) fox (c) van
- 33.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) map (b) run (c) gem
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) log (b) hug (c) zip
- 35.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) tap (b) lip (c) log
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) sun (b) log (c) bed
- 38.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cat (b) hen (c) tub
- 39.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) zip (b) box (c) ten
Answer key
- bat
- pin
- hat
- hen
- a
- cup
- i
- e
- pan
- a
- u
- box
- six
- dog
- o
- a
- bed
- dog
- bus
- rat
- a
- lip
- bat
- web
- i
- hen
- fox
- e
- a
- ten
- web
- van
- gem
- log
- i
- lip
- sun
- hen
- a
- box
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