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