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