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