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 “gem”? (a) dog (b) lip (c) pen
- 2.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) six (b) fox (c) pen
- 4.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bag (b) ten (c) fox
- 6.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) fox (b) run (c) pin
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bag (b) leg (c) dog
- 9.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bug (c) web
- 10.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bag (b) six (c) sun
- 12.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) log (c) bag
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) tub (b) cap (c) pen
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) zip (b) cup (c) cat
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) zip (b) ten (c) box
- 17.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 18.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) cap (c) net
- 20.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bus (b) dog (c) pen
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dog (b) six (c) pen
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bag (b) dot (c) zip
- 24.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) zip (c) bus
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) cup (c) van
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cap (b) leg (c) dot
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) fox (b) bat (c) zip
- 29.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hug (b) zip (c) hat
- 30.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 31.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) box (c) pen
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) lip (b) bat (c) bug
- 33.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) hug (b) box (c) cap
- 35.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) can (c) pig
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) lip (b) pen (c) tub
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) log (b) pig (c) bed
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) gem (b) can (c) bug
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) can (b) nut (c) pen
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) box (c) net
Answer key
- pen
- u
- pen
- a
- bag
- u
- pin
- leg
- bug
- e
- six
- a
- six
- tub
- zip
- zip
- u
- i
- net
- e
- dog
- pen
- dot
- a
- bag
- van
- dot
- fox
- zip
- u
- pen
- bug
- e
- cap
- bed
- pen
- pig
- can
- nut
- can
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