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