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