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