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.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) cap (b) box (c) web
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) ten
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) cup (b) box (c) ten
- 5.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bin (b) bug (c) dot
- 7.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) hug (b) net (c) bat
- 9.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) cup (b) pig (c) web
- 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pan (b) pin (c) hug
- 12.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) zip (c) pan
- 14.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cat (b) sun (c) pig
- 16.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) hen (b) dog (c) sun
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) six
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) red (b) bus (c) hat
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) bug (c) six
- 21.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 22.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cap (b) leg (c) hug
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) lip (b) pan (c) log
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) hug (c) log
- 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tub (b) zip (c) net
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) cap (b) fox (c) zip
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bat (b) gem (c) fox
- 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bug (b) zip (c) log
- 30.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) red (b) bus (c) zip
- 32.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) cat (c) ten
- 33.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bed (c) hug
- 34.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 35.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 36.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bag (c) bin
- 37.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 38.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) red (b) pig (c) pan
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) pig (b) cup (c) dog
Answer key
- a
- web
- dog
- ten
- a
- dot
- a
- hug
- e
- pig
- pan
- a
- cup
- e
- sun
- u
- hen
- hug
- hat
- map
- u
- i
- hug
- pan
- hug
- zip
- zip
- fox
- log
- i
- zip
- ten
- pig
- u
- u
- bag
- a
- a
- pan
- cup
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