← Short vowel middle sounds lesson New set →

Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 857 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) net
  2. 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bin (c) map
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hen (b) pin (c) can
  4. 4.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) zip (b) dot (c) rat
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) bus (b) box (c) lip
  7. 7.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) log (b) run (c) pig
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pig (b) log (c) bed
  10. 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) van (b) dog (c) ten
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) box (b) tap (c) lip
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) gem (b) fox (c) six
  13. 13.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
  14. 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) tub (b) gem (c) dot
  15. 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) van (b) box (c) red
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) cat (b) dot (c) bug
  17. 17.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
  18. 18.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
  19. 19.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) run (b) cat (c) log
  21. 21.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
  22. 22.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
  23. 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) rat (b) dot (c) red
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) log (b) rat (c) pig
  25. 25.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bug (b) bed (c) dog
  27. 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bed (b) rat (c) box
  28. 28.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
  29. 29.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
  30. 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
  31. 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pan (b) net (c) dog
  32. 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) fox (c) pan
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) tap (b) pin (c) leg
  34. 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) pin (c) van
  35. 35.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) hen (c) run
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) six (b) log (c) cap
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) cat (b) bus (c) fox
  38. 38.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
  39. 39.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pig (b) pen (c) box

Answer key

  1. dog
  2. dog
  3. can
  4. i
  5. dot
  6. box
  7. a
  8. log
  9. bed
  10. ten
  11. tap
  12. gem
  13. e
  14. gem
  15. red
  16. bug
  17. o
  18. i
  19. a
  20. cat
  21. o
  22. a
  23. dot
  24. rat
  25. e
  26. bug
  27. box
  28. i
  29. u
  30. u
  31. pan
  32. pan
  33. pin
  34. pen
  35. hen
  36. six
  37. bus
  38. i
  39. o
  40. box

Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids