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