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