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