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