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