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