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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 2.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) zip (b) sun (c) bat
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) fox (b) can (c) pin
- 5.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) dog (b) pen (c) bag
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) box (b) tub (c) cat
- 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) nut (c) red
- 9.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 10.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bug (c) pig
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) net (b) bat (c) bin
- 12.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) hen (b) cup (c) dog
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) can (c) lip
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) nut (b) dog (c) lip
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) red (b) box (c) pig
- 17.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 18.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) cap (c) lip
- 19.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 20.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 21.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) pin (b) box (c) van
- 23.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 24.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) bin (c) fox
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) nut (b) hen (c) fox
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) six (c) sun
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hen (b) sun (c) zip
- 29.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) map (c) pin
- 30.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) hat (c) pig
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) can (b) bed (c) six
- 33.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bat (b) hen (c) bug
- 35.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) can (b) log (c) zip
- 37.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) six (b) cap (c) sun
- 39.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) dot (c) map
Answer key
- o
- a
- bat
- pin
- u
- pen
- tub
- red
- u
- pig
- bin
- a
- dog
- log
- dog
- pig
- i
- lip
- a
- i
- a
- box
- a
- u
- bin
- nut
- fox
- sun
- pin
- o
- hat
- six
- u
- hen
- o
- log
- u
- sun
- e
- map
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