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