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