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