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 “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bug (c) net
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) can (b) ten (c) box
- 3.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 4.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hen (b) bus (c) dog
- 6.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 7.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 8.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 9.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 10.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pin (c) web
- 11.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) hen (c) hug
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hat (b) ten (c) dog
- 13.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 14.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dot (c) cat
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tub (b) bin (c) tap
- 17.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 18.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) run (b) bat (c) pig
- 19.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pin (b) cat (c) run
- 21.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) box (c) pan
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hat (b) dog (c) net
- 24.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) zip (b) dot (c) bug
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) six (c) hen
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) cup (b) log (c) tap
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bin (b) hat (c) log
- 29.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) dog (b) six (c) bat
- 31.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cup (b) zip (c) gem
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) nut (b) dot (c) bag
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) box
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) can (b) lip (c) hug
- 35.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) cat (b) six (c) box
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) leg (b) box (c) cat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) dot (b) lip (c) hug
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) ten (c) cat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) nut (b) log (c) can
Answer key
- pig
- ten
- a
- a
- bus
- o
- i
- u
- a
- pin
- hug
- ten
- e
- o
- bed
- bin
- u
- run
- o
- run
- a
- pan
- dog
- i
- zip
- log
- cup
- log
- u
- bat
- zip
- dot
- tap
- can
- e
- six
- leg
- hug
- cat
- nut
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