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