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