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