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