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