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