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