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