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