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