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