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