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