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