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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 2.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hen (b) dot (c) cap
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) rat (b) bus (c) pig
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) dot (b) map (c) run
- 6.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) hat (b) six (c) nut
- 8.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hen (b) bin (c) dot
- 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) zip (c) cap
- 11.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 12.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) dog (b) nut (c) ten
- 14.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) log (c) pig
- 15.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) pig (b) dot (c) cup
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) run (c) rat
- 18.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bus (c) hen
- 20.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 21.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 22.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) zip (b) map (c) nut
- 24.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bug (c) log
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) pan (c) pen
- 27.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 28.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) sun (b) cat (c) red
- 29.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) cup (c) bat
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) net (b) fox (c) hat
- 32.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 33.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) pig (c) red
- 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) nut (b) box (c) web
- 35.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pan (b) bin (c) fox
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bin (b) red (c) dot
- 38.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 39.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 40.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) zip (b) log (c) cap
Answer key
- u
- e
- dot
- rat
- run
- i
- nut
- a
- hen
- box
- e
- i
- nut
- pig
- u
- dot
- lip
- o
- bus
- o
- u
- i
- nut
- e
- bug
- dog
- a
- red
- i
- pen
- hat
- u
- map
- web
- a
- bin
- red
- e
- e
- log
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