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