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