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