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 “i” in the middle? (a) leg (b) nut (c) six
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) map (b) six (c) gem
- 3.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bin (b) gem (c) bag
- 5.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 6.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 7.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) run (b) gem (c) bag
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) cat (b) red (c) hug
- 10.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bug (b) lip (c) fox
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) web (b) tap (c) sun
- 13.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) fox (c) rat
- 15.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) hen (b) cup (c) cat
- 17.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bus (b) hen (c) fox
- 19.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) sun (b) ten (c) log
- 21.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 22.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) pen (c) dot
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) bug
- 25.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) cup (c) pig
- 27.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 28.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) bin (c) box
- 29.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cat (b) bed (c) pig
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) dog (b) pig (c) pan
- 32.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) zip (c) bus
- 34.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) bat (c) leg
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) net
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) leg (b) sun (c) bat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) tub (b) pan (c) hen
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) red (b) hug (c) dog
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) dog (b) bug (c) can
Answer key
- six
- map
- u
- gem
- e
- o
- u
- bag
- cat
- u
- lip
- tap
- e
- rat
- i
- hen
- a
- bus
- o
- log
- a
- i
- pen
- leg
- i
- pig
- u
- hen
- o
- pig
- pan
- o
- bus
- a
- bat
- net
- leg
- hen
- red
- can
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