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