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 “bin”? (a) hat (b) cup (c) pin
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pin (b) red (c) hat
- 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) sun (c) dot
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) bug (b) six (c) dog
- 5.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pen (b) can (c) lip
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) gem (c) box
- 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) hug (c) dot
- 9.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) bin
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) fox (b) pig (c) rat
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bug (b) cap (c) pig
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pig (c) bug
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) van (b) red (c) bus
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) map (b) leg (c) lip
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) sun (b) log (c) hen
- 17.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) sun (c) dog
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) six (c) bat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) gem (b) run (c) pig
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) tub (b) van (c) pin
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) pig (c) ten
- 22.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 23.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) log (c) web
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) cat (b) fox (c) pen
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cap (b) web (c) cup
- 27.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) leg (b) rat (c) tub
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) zip (c) log
- 29.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) pig (c) gem
- 31.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) pen (c) rat
- 33.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) tub (b) pan (c) dog
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) leg (b) box (c) bat
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) log (c) cat
- 38.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) hat (b) web (c) dot
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) sun (b) hat (c) box
Answer key
- pin
- pin
- sun
- six
- u
- can
- box
- hug
- a
- rat
- fox
- pig
- pig
- bus
- lip
- hen
- bag
- pen
- gem
- pin
- dot
- e
- i
- web
- cat
- cup
- rat
- bug
- e
- gem
- i
- six
- e
- o
- dog
- box
- cat
- e
- hat
- box
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