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