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