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