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