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