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 “hat”? (a) rat (b) box (c) red
- 2.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) web (b) log (c) pig
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) bat (c) pig
- 5.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) fox (c) leg
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pan (b) red (c) bin
- 7.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 8.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) web (b) pig (c) fox
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) dog (b) bat (c) pig
- 11.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) run (b) pig (c) ten
- 12.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hug (b) cap (c) pen
- 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) dog (c) zip
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) dog (c) bus
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bag (b) run (c) six
- 17.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bat (b) tub (c) log
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bag (b) pin (c) pen
- 19.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) pig (b) cap (c) fox
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) leg (c) bus
- 22.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 23.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pen (b) bus (c) can
- 24.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 25.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) nut (c) web
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) hug (b) cat (c) ten
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) lip (c) red
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) nut (b) web (c) lip
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) van (b) log (c) bin
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) six (b) log (c) gem
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bag (b) bus (c) hen
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) pen
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dog (b) van (c) six
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) bat
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) lip (b) box (c) pan
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) net (b) box (c) pan
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) bin (c) cat
- 39.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) leg (b) pig (c) hug
- 40.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
Answer key
- rat
- a
- pig
- log
- bug
- pan
- o
- i
- pig
- pig
- run
- a
- pen
- dog
- gem
- run
- log
- pen
- a
- cap
- bus
- u
- can
- u
- e
- dot
- cat
- lip
- web
- log
- six
- bag
- bag
- dog
- dot
- box
- pan
- cat
- hug
- e
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