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