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