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