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