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