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