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