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