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