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