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 “pan”? (a) bus (b) box (c) map
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) gem (b) bag (c) tub
- 3.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pin (b) pen (c) fox
- 4.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) box (b) pin (c) gem
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) tap (b) pin (c) ten
- 7.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) lip (c) cup
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) van (b) log (c) web
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) leg (b) rat (c) run
- 10.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) box (b) bed (c) hug
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) pen (b) dog (c) hat
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bed (b) hat (c) box
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) web (b) bin (c) cup
- 15.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) bed (c) box
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) hug (c) pin
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bug (b) pen (c) cat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pin (b) box (c) bag
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bin (b) rat (c) dog
- 21.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) gem (c) six
- 23.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 24.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) tap (c) leg
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) cat (b) bug (c) ten
- 26.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 27.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) nut (b) fox (c) red
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) bus (b) hat (c) red
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bug (b) dot (c) map
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) pig (b) pen (c) dot
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) tap (b) lip (c) nut
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dog (c) cat
- 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) zip (c) net
- 35.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) dog (b) hen (c) tub
- 37.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) sun (c) rat
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) tub (b) six (c) net
- 40.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
Answer key
- map
- bag
- pen
- i
- pin
- ten
- bag
- web
- rat
- u
- hug
- hat
- bed
- cup
- e
- van
- hug
- pen
- pin
- rat
- i
- can
- u
- tap
- cat
- a
- a
- fox
- bus
- dot
- pen
- tap
- dog
- net
- i
- dog
- o
- sun
- six
- u
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