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