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