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