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