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