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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 2.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) dot (c) bin
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hug (c) six
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) zip (b) dog (c) leg
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) fox (c) pen
- 7.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 8.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) can (b) log (c) run
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) can (b) pig (c) ten
- 10.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) zip (c) cap
- 12.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) run (b) bat (c) box
- 14.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 15.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) tub (b) bin (c) box
- 17.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) web (b) bat (c) bug
- 19.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 20.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) log (c) tub
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) dot (b) tub (c) hen
- 23.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) red (b) fox (c) pin
- 24.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) cat (c) hen
- 26.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) hen (c) bat
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) leg (c) bus
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) sun (b) hen (c) pin
- 30.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) red (c) dog
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) run (b) map (c) pen
- 32.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cap (b) gem (c) run
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pin (c) gem
- 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) log (c) bug
- 35.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hug (b) dog (c) bin
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) dog (c) nut
- 38.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 39.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) gem (b) nut (c) lip
Answer key
- e
- a
- rat
- dot
- leg
- bug
- e
- log
- ten
- i
- box
- i
- box
- o
- a
- bin
- a
- bug
- a
- o
- tub
- hen
- pin
- a
- dog
- e
- hen
- bus
- hen
- bin
- map
- gem
- fox
- six
- u
- hug
- van
- a
- u
- gem
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