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