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