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.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) lip (b) dog (c) sun
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) pin (b) hen (c) hug
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) van (b) lip (c) pen
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pig (b) cap (c) hen
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cat (b) log (c) pin
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dot (c) van
- 8.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bus (b) six (c) map
- 10.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 11.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pig (b) map (c) pen
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bag (b) nut (c) log
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) box (b) ten (c) run
- 14.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pig (b) dot (c) red
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bin (b) cup (c) fox
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) can (c) pin
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) net (b) nut (c) cat
- 19.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) ten (b) pin (c) fox
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) fox (b) cup (c) bag
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) dot (b) web (c) tub
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) cat (b) nut (c) dot
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) lip (b) box (c) bed
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) bug (b) gem (c) tap
- 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cup (b) cat (c) pig
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bin (b) dot (c) bus
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) ten (b) dog (c) run
- 29.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) hen (b) pig (c) cap
- 31.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) rat (b) leg (c) tub
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) cat (b) nut (c) dog
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) dot (b) leg (c) lip
- 35.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 36.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) six (b) cup (c) dot
- 38.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) lip (b) net (c) run
- 40.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
Answer key
- o
- dog
- hen
- pen
- cap
- cat
- bed
- a
- bus
- a
- pen
- nut
- run
- e
- dot
- bin
- pin
- cat
- a
- fox
- cup
- tub
- nut
- box
- bug
- pig
- dot
- run
- o
- pig
- i
- rat
- dog
- lip
- a
- u
- cup
- e
- run
- a
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