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 “ten”? (a) run (b) hen (c) log
- 2.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) tub (b) pin (c) dog
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) bin (c) gem
- 5.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bat (b) red (c) bin
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) hug (b) bat (c) lip
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) lip (b) red (c) can
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) ten (b) fox (c) lip
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) run (b) log (c) zip
- 11.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) nut (b) log (c) ten
- 13.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bat (b) net (c) bin
- 15.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 16.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) box (c) can
- 17.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 18.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bug (c) bed
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) leg (b) rat (c) pin
- 21.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cat (b) cup (c) fox
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) bus (b) hen (c) box
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hen (c) hat
- 25.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) web (b) six (c) box
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) gem (b) bus (c) pin
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) red (c) map
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bus (b) cat (c) pin
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) cat (b) six (c) red
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) map (b) dog (c) pin
- 32.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dog (c) bin
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) ten (b) dot (c) tap
- 34.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) tub (b) pig (c) web
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) lip (b) net (c) can
- 37.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) pig (b) net (c) hat
- 39.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) red
Answer key
- hen
- i
- tub
- bin
- o
- bin
- hug
- red
- ten
- log
- i
- nut
- u
- bat
- a
- can
- e
- e
- bug
- pin
- u
- cup
- bus
- hen
- u
- web
- gem
- zip
- pin
- cat
- map
- bed
- ten
- a
- web
- lip
- u
- pig
- e
- nut
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