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