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 “leg”? (a) six (b) box (c) red
- 2.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) nut (b) dot (c) can
- 3.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) net (b) cap (c) dot
- 4.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 5.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 6.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bat (b) pen (c) fox
- 7.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 8.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) log (c) six
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) leg (b) bag (c) pig
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) fox (b) van (c) red
- 12.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) gem (b) pig (c) bag
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) pan (b) bus (c) ten
- 14.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) ten (b) cap (c) tub
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) fox (b) bed (c) zip
- 17.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) bat (c) gem
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) box (b) map (c) bug
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) fox
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) ten
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) fox (b) hen (c) zip
- 23.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 24.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) hug (c) log
- 25.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 26.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 27.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bat (b) fox (c) leg
- 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) cat (c) bed
- 29.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 30.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) dog (b) cat (c) pen
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) pin (b) sun (c) bat
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cup (c) lip
- 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bag (c) net
- 35.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) hat (b) tub (c) pen
- 37.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 38.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bed (b) pin (c) dog
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) tap (c) log
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bin (b) ten (c) dot
Answer key
- red
- can
- dot
- e
- a
- fox
- a
- i
- ten
- leg
- van
- pig
- pan
- i
- tub
- bed
- a
- box
- box
- pen
- tap
- fox
- u
- van
- a
- u
- bat
- cat
- i
- i
- cat
- sun
- cup
- lip
- a
- hat
- a
- pin
- ten
- bin
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