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