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