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