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