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