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