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