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