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 “gem”? (a) bin (b) pen (c) rat
- 2.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 3.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bin (b) nut (c) dot
- 5.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) red (b) fox (c) hug
- 7.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) dog (c) rat
- 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) leg (b) pin (c) hug
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) cup (b) lip (c) hat
- 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) web (c) log
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) van (b) hen (c) bin
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) log (b) red (c) sun
- 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) rat (c) dog
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) zip (c) hat
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bin (b) cup (c) web
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) rat (b) tub (c) web
- 18.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 19.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) six (c) hen
- 21.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pen (b) pig (c) hug
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) hen (c) six
- 24.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 25.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pen (b) dot (c) lip
- 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) lip (c) map
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) dog (c) pen
- 29.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) sun (b) bed (c) pig
- 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 32.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 33.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cat (b) ten (c) zip
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) bed (b) run (c) fox
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) ten (b) zip (c) dog
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) gem (b) log (c) hug
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) gem (c) rat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) fox (b) web (c) can
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) ten (b) bus (c) cap
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) tap (b) nut (c) zip
Answer key
- pen
- i
- a
- nut
- u
- hug
- e
- lip
- pin
- hat
- hat
- hen
- red
- dog
- net
- cup
- web
- o
- u
- log
- a
- pen
- dot
- i
- e
- lip
- bed
- six
- e
- bed
- u
- a
- cat
- fox
- dog
- log
- rat
- web
- cap
- tap
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