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