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