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