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