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