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