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 “van”? (a) ten (b) tub (c) bat
- 2.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) gem (c) dog
- 4.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 5.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) gem (c) pin
- 6.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) web (b) pin (c) box
- 7.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bug (c) fox
- 8.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) hat (c) pin
- 9.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) fox (c) pan
- 11.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bed (c) pin
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) hen (b) cat (c) box
- 13.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) tap (b) hen (c) dog
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) pan (b) bug (c) box
- 16.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) box (c) lip
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bin (b) tub (c) pan
- 19.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 20.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 21.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) dot (c) hug
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pig (b) hen (c) box
- 24.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 25.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 26.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 27.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bin (b) bag (c) dot
- 29.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 30.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) fox (c) can
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) ten (b) pin (c) dot
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) gem (b) sun (c) fox
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) fox (c) bug
- 35.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) tub (b) bin (c) van
- 37.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) lip (b) log (c) can
- 39.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) red (b) cat (c) dot
Answer key
- bat
- e
- lip
- o
- pin
- web
- bug
- box
- i
- gem
- bed
- hen
- a
- tap
- bug
- i
- map
- pan
- u
- e
- a
- dot
- hen
- a
- a
- i
- e
- bag
- i
- a
- can
- ten
- sun
- rat
- u
- van
- e
- can
- o
- dot
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