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