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 “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) fox (c) bug
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) dog (b) lip (c) run
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pin (b) log (c) net
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) cat (b) red (c) fox
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) cup (c) box
- 6.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pin (b) gem (c) hat
- 7.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) pin (c) log
- 9.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) hen (b) cat (c) cup
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) nut (b) cat (c) dog
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) run (c) bed
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) hat (c) nut
- 14.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bed (b) pan (c) fox
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) six (b) can (c) sun
- 17.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) red (c) tub
- 19.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pen (b) bat (c) log
- 21.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bat (c) tub
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) sun (b) bin (c) web
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pan (b) dog (c) six
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) sun
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cup (c) log
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) van (b) box (c) bug
- 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) can (b) log (c) ten
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) six (c) web
- 29.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 30.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bag (b) net (c) dog
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) web (c) log
- 33.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 34.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) web (b) pig (c) nut
- 36.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) sun (b) fox (c) rat
- 37.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) box (c) hen
- 39.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 40.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) run (c) log
Answer key
- hen
- lip
- log
- red
- bed
- gem
- u
- pin
- a
- cup
- cat
- dot
- hat
- u
- fox
- can
- a
- red
- a
- log
- bat
- web
- six
- sun
- cup
- bug
- ten
- six
- i
- i
- dog
- log
- e
- i
- web
- fox
- e
- rat
- i
- run
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