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