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 “dog”? (a) leg (b) lip (c) box
- 2.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) tap (c) dog
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) leg (b) fox (c) lip
- 4.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) log (c) net
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) hat (b) bed (c) pin
- 6.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) dot (c) bat
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) map (b) log (c) run
- 9.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 10.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 11.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) web (c) tub
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) red (b) sun (c) dog
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hen (b) dog (c) rat
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) hug (c) van
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) leg (b) zip (c) bus
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) van
- 18.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 19.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 20.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) hat (b) dot (c) pin
- 22.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) hat (c) ten
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) bat (b) log (c) leg
- 25.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) van (b) leg (c) six
- 27.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) hug (b) van (c) fox
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) six (b) can (c) log
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bag (b) cup (c) zip
- 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) six (b) bag (c) sun
- 33.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 34.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 35.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pen (b) pin (c) dot
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) hug (b) pig (c) pen
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) map (b) gem (c) cup
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) six (b) can (c) sun
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) leg (b) van (c) log
Answer key
- box
- tap
- lip
- lip
- bed
- i
- gem
- log
- a
- o
- u
- rat
- sun
- rat
- dog
- zip
- pig
- i
- a
- e
- hat
- u
- fox
- bat
- o
- leg
- e
- van
- can
- bag
- u
- sun
- a
- e
- e
- dot
- pig
- gem
- six
- leg
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