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