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