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