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