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