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