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