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 “pin”? (a) six (b) fox (c) run
- 2.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bag (b) bin (c) leg
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) lip (c) rat
- 5.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) rat (c) pig
- 7.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 8.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 9.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 10.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tub (b) lip (c) bag
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pen (c) six
- 12.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) nut (c) box
- 14.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 15.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bug (b) bat (c) pig
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) six (b) dog (c) map
- 18.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) fox (c) sun
- 20.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bag (b) dot (c) cup
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) pig (b) fox (c) sun
- 23.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bat (b) net (c) bin
- 25.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) map (c) bus
- 27.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bus (c) dog
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) pig (c) tub
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) red (b) log (c) cup
- 30.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) dot (c) pin
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) net (b) bus (c) box
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) hat (b) ten (c) run
- 33.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) leg (c) bin
- 35.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hug (c) cat
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) bug (c) pen
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bus (b) box (c) rat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) hat (b) hug (c) fox
- 39.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) van (b) hen (c) log
Answer key
- six
- a
- bin
- rat
- e
- box
- u
- i
- a
- lip
- log
- e
- cap
- a
- e
- pig
- map
- a
- ten
- e
- dot
- pig
- a
- net
- e
- bus
- pin
- pig
- cup
- dot
- bus
- run
- o
- leg
- hug
- bin
- bus
- hug
- o
- van
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