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