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 “hat”? (a) dot (b) net (c) tap
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pin (b) dog (c) bus
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) fox (b) six (c) ten
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hen (c) dot
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) bin
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bug (c) bat
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) web (b) bug (c) map
- 8.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) ten (b) sun (c) zip
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) sun (b) fox (c) bed
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) log (b) rat (c) hen
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) dot (c) sun
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) zip (b) cup (c) cat
- 14.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) rat (b) ten (c) bus
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) dog (b) pig (c) van
- 17.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 18.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 19.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pig (c) cap
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pan (b) net (c) log
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) pin (b) tap (c) nut
- 23.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) cat (b) six (c) box
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) cap (b) bug (c) zip
- 26.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) pig (c) cap
- 28.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) map (b) dot (c) leg
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) pig (b) log (c) gem
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bin (b) cat (c) nut
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bus (b) pig (c) dot
- 32.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 33.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) zip (b) hen (c) bus
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) dog (b) bag (c) pin
- 36.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 37.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 38.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) hug (c) zip
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) web (b) fox (c) bug
- 40.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
Answer key
- tap
- dog
- six
- dot
- bin
- bat
- map
- a
- ten
- bed
- rat
- ten
- cat
- i
- ten
- dog
- u
- i
- u
- fox
- net
- tap
- u
- cat
- cap
- e
- hug
- leg
- gem
- bin
- dot
- o
- u
- bus
- pin
- a
- i
- zip
- web
- i
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