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