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