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