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