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