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