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