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