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