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