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