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