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