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) cat (b) bed (c) dot
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dog (b) run (c) net
- 3.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cat (b) tub (c) gem
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) pin (b) hat (c) ten
- 6.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dot (b) tap (c) zip
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) web (b) cup (c) cat
- 9.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) tub (b) bed (c) pin
- 11.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 12.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) red (c) fox
- 14.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) lip (c) dog
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) can (c) box
- 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dot (c) red
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) web (c) van
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) six (b) bed (c) bat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bus (b) bin (c) fox
- 20.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) red (b) dot (c) bus
- 22.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) gem (b) pig (c) run
- 23.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) box (b) bug (c) lip
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) bus (c) dot
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) net (c) tub
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bus (b) box (c) cap
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) bat (b) pig (c) dot
- 29.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bag (b) cup (c) box
- 31.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) log (c) bus
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) leg (b) box (c) van
- 34.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) hen (c) cat
- 36.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 37.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) ten (b) dog (c) pin
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) dog (b) zip (c) van
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) pin (b) pan (c) hen
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bin (b) log (c) pen
Answer key
- bed
- net
- i
- tub
- pin
- u
- zip
- web
- i
- bed
- e
- a
- map
- ten
- can
- red
- bug
- bat
- fox
- u
- bus
- pig
- a
- box
- van
- net
- box
- bat
- u
- cup
- e
- bus
- van
- o
- cat
- e
- dog
- dog
- hen
- bin
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