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