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