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 “hug”? (a) can (b) pig (c) bug
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) tap (b) tub (c) fox
- 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) van (b) six (c) bug
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bat (b) gem (c) pin
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bag (b) sun (c) lip
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) leg (b) hat (c) fox
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) dot
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) six (b) run (c) hat
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) log (b) web (c) six
- 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) six (c) hat
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) sun (b) cat (c) fox
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) gem (b) pin (c) tub
- 13.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) net (c) pin
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) dog (b) red (c) bug
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) hug (b) six (c) fox
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cup (b) log (c) pig
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) tub (c) bin
- 18.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) lip (b) box (c) can
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dot (b) pan (c) net
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) box (b) bin (c) map
- 22.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) map (b) net (c) bus
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) cat (b) run (c) ten
- 25.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dog (b) van (c) six
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) tap (b) dog (c) bug
- 28.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 29.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) can (c) bed
- 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) map (b) cup (c) bin
- 33.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) cup (c) red
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bin (b) log (c) bug
- 35.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tap (b) net (c) six
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) tub (b) log (c) pin
- 37.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 38.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) leg (c) bus
- 39.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bus (c) dot
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) box (b) web (c) pin
Answer key
- bug
- tub
- six
- pin
- lip
- hat
- bug
- run
- six
- dog
- fox
- tub
- dot
- red
- fox
- cup
- bin
- e
- can
- dot
- bin
- e
- map
- cat
- e
- van
- bug
- o
- i
- box
- u
- cup
- red
- log
- net
- log
- e
- leg
- pig
- web
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