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