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