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