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