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