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 “net”? (a) dog (b) cat (c) gem
- 2.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) log (b) bin (c) tap
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) web (b) bin (c) bag
- 5.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 6.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) box (b) pen (c) cap
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) hat (b) dog (c) hen
- 9.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pan (b) leg (c) sun
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) ten
- 11.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) sun (c) ten
- 13.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) dot (b) rat (c) run
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) dog (c) bug
- 16.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) web (b) pin (c) cup
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) red (b) map (c) nut
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bat (b) lip (c) red
- 20.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) net (c) pin
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) box (c) hen
- 23.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) bus (c) red
- 24.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 25.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 26.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) nut (b) net (c) zip
- 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) bus (c) bin
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) bat (b) hen (c) box
- 30.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 31.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 32.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 33.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) bus (b) lip (c) bat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) run (b) fox (c) map
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cup (b) can (c) bin
- 37.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) run (b) map (c) gem
- 39.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bug (b) cat (c) dot
- 40.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bag (c) nut
Answer key
- gem
- a
- tap
- web
- u
- e
- cap
- hen
- sun
- dog
- a
- ten
- i
- run
- cap
- i
- cup
- red
- bat
- a
- pin
- box
- bus
- e
- u
- e
- zip
- hat
- bat
- i
- a
- a
- a
- bat
- fox
- bin
- e
- gem
- dot
- nut
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