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