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