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