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