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