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