Middle Sound Masters: Vowel Matching Practice for Grade KG 

This Grade KG phonics worksheet on Sound Matching – Same Middle Sound helps young learners identify and match the middle vowel sound in simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Recognising the middle sound is an essential phonemic awareness skill that strengthens early reading and spelling abilities. 
Designed especially for Kindergarten students, this worksheet includes matching, sorting, fill-in-the-blanks, and multiple choice questions. Through familiar words like cat, sit, top, pen, cup, sun, bed, bag, pig, and dog, children practise listening carefully to the vowel sound in the middle of each word and grouping them correctly. 

Why Middle Sound Recognition Matters in Phonics? 

Identifying middle vowel sounds is important because: 
1. It improves decoding skills in early reading. 
2. It strengthens spelling accuracy in CVC words. 
3. It sharpens listening and sound discrimination skills. 
4. It builds a strong foundation for fluent reading. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes four structured phonics activities: 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Match the Following 
Students match each word (cat, sit, top, pen, cup, sun, bed, bag, pig, dog) to its correct middle vowel sound. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Sort the Words 
Learners sort words such as mop, man, pen, bed, red, cat, big, fan, top, cup, sit, not, tin, tug, and bug into vowel groups (a, e, i, o, u) based on the middle sound. 

📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students choose the correct middle vowel to complete words like gap, pat, sin, fog, red, big, cub, bet, got, and sum. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Children select the correct middle vowel in words such as fan, hen, win, box, hut, wig, nut, keg, log, and van. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Match the Following 
cat – a 
sit – i 
top – o 
pen – e 
cup – u 
sun – u 
bed – e 
bag – a 
pig – i 
dog – o 

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words 
Vowel a: man, cat, fan 
Vowel e: pen, bed, red 
Vowel i: big, sit, tin 
Vowel o: mop, top, not 
Vowel u: cup, tug, bug 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. gap – a 
2. pat – a 
3. sin – i 
4. fog – o 
5. red – e 
6. big – i 
7. cub – u 
8. bet – e 
9. got – o 
10. sum – u 

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. fan – a 
2. hen – e 
3. win – i 
4. box – o 
5. hut – u 
6. wig – i 
7. nut – u 
8. keg – e 
9. log – o 
10. van – a 
This worksheet strengthens vowel sound recognition and builds confident early decoding skills in young learners. 
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