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