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