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