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