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