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