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