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 “can”? (a) rat (b) pen (c) bin
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) log (b) bat (c) pen
- 3.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) six (b) hat (c) bed
- 5.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) ten (b) bug (c) pan
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) nut (b) fox (c) cap
- 8.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) box (b) ten (c) zip
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) map (b) bin (c) gem
- 11.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) run (b) pin (c) dot
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) map (c) pig
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) gem (b) hat (c) hug
- 15.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 16.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 17.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bin (b) run (c) dog
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) net (b) bus (c) map
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bat (b) dot (c) bin
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) net (c) bus
- 22.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) can (b) leg (c) bug
- 24.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bus (b) bag (c) pen
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) sun (c) gem
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) dot (b) bat (c) hug
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) box (b) bed (c) zip
- 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) gem (c) fox
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) fox (b) net (c) lip
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) run (b) bag (c) ten
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) red (c) box
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) cat (b) red (c) six
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) nut (c) can
- 35.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) ten (c) run
- 36.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) red (b) log (c) can
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) box (c) zip
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) net (b) lip (c) box
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) hug (b) dog (c) cat
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) bat (c) pen
Answer key
- rat
- pen
- o
- bed
- u
- pan
- cap
- e
- ten
- bin
- u
- dot
- pig
- hat
- e
- a
- e
- bin
- net
- dot
- net
- a
- bug
- i
- pen
- sun
- hug
- box
- fox
- net
- bag
- box
- red
- can
- ten
- log
- map
- net
- dog
- bat
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