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