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