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