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