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