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) pig (b) fox (c) pen
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) leg (b) rat (c) lip
- 3.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hen (c) cap
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) fox (c) pin
- 5.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 6.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) zip (c) sun
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) sun (b) dot (c) cat
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pig (b) fox (c) map
- 9.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cat (b) dot (c) red
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) hug (b) bat (c) six
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) pan
- 13.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pan (b) bus (c) dog
- 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) fox (c) run
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pen (b) dot (c) can
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) lip (c) web
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) bed (c) sun
- 18.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) red (c) cup
- 19.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) fox (c) pen
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cat (b) web (c) zip
- 22.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 23.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 24.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) rat (c) bug
- 26.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 27.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pen (b) dog (c) sun
- 29.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pig (b) log (c) cat
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) nut (b) hat (c) pen
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bug (b) hat (c) pig
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pig (c) map
- 34.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) bug (b) hat (c) gem
- 36.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) dog (c) zip
- 38.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bug (c) bed
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) pan (b) dot (c) run
- 40.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
Answer key
- pen
- lip
- hen
- bag
- o
- zip
- cat
- fox
- i
- dot
- bat
- leg
- bus
- fox
- pen
- lip
- sun
- cup
- o
- pen
- web
- e
- u
- e
- bug
- u
- a
- dog
- a
- pig
- pen
- bug
- log
- o
- bug
- a
- van
- bed
- run
- i
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