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