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