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