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