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 _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) red (c) zip
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) bus (c) cap
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) cup (c) lip
- 5.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) bus
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) hen (c) log
- 8.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 9.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) log (b) gem (c) cat
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) bed (b) map (c) pin
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) run (b) lip (c) dot
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pig (b) can (c) nut
- 14.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) box (c) ten
- 15.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bin (b) tap (c) web
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bus (b) pan (c) fox
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) nut (b) log (c) cap
- 19.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 20.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) dot (c) bus
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) pin (c) fox
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) dog (b) zip (c) hug
- 23.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cap (b) box (c) pig
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) dot (c) sun
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) box (c) bug
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pen (b) pig (c) cap
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) map (b) zip (c) bus
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) sun (b) six (c) log
- 30.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) tub (c) pan
- 31.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) rat (b) six (c) log
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) run (b) hen (c) log
- 34.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bug (b) net (c) pig
- 36.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) dot
- 38.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 39.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bug (b) dog (c) cap
Answer key
- o
- red
- cap
- cup
- i
- bus
- log
- a
- o
- cat
- pin
- dot
- pig
- lip
- a
- web
- pan
- cap
- a
- bus
- ten
- hug
- u
- box
- sun
- hat
- cap
- zip
- sun
- pan
- e
- log
- hen
- e
- pig
- e
- bug
- u
- o
- bug
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