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