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