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