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