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