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