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.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) cat (b) bin (c) hen
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) cap (b) tub (c) bin
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) leg (b) tap (c) bug
- 5.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) six (c) hen
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pin (b) bug (c) dog
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cap (b) cup (c) gem
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bug (b) red (c) bin
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) can (b) hug (c) bed
- 11.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) gem (c) sun
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) six (b) dog (c) hen
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) dog (b) bus (c) pig
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) can (b) ten (c) log
- 16.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) lip (c) pen
- 17.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) leg (c) bag
- 18.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) net (c) cat
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bat (b) bed (c) zip
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) zip (b) net (c) hat
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) lip (b) hat (c) pen
- 22.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 23.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) pin (b) sun (c) gem
- 25.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) run (c) bag
- 27.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pig (b) nut (c) fox
- 29.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) van (b) hen (c) run
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) net (b) log (c) bus
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) ten (b) bat (c) dog
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dot (b) cup (c) pen
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) nut (b) leg (c) fox
- 34.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pan (c) bin
- 35.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 36.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 37.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) nut (b) pen (c) van
- 39.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 40.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
Answer key
- i
- bin
- tub
- bug
- u
- hen
- dog
- gem
- bin
- hug
- e
- gem
- six
- dog
- log
- box
- bag
- cat
- bed
- net
- lip
- e
- o
- gem
- i
- ten
- o
- fox
- run
- net
- dog
- pen
- fox
- log
- a
- a
- e
- van
- i
- u
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