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