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