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 “pig”? (a) dog (b) web (c) lip
- 2.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) zip (c) pen
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bag (b) dog (c) hen
- 4.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 5.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 6.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) net (b) dot (c) nut
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bin (b) dog (c) bug
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) cat (c) dog
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) fox (b) can (c) gem
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pin (c) bed
- 11.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 12.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) hat (b) bin (c) tub
- 14.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) van (c) pig
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) lip (b) dog (c) gem
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) map (b) pen (c) log
- 18.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) fox (b) hen (c) sun
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bat (b) gem (c) hug
- 20.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 21.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) dog (c) leg
- 23.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) rat (b) zip (c) hug
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) red (b) pig (c) cat
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) sun (c) hat
- 27.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 28.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 29.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) pan (b) six (c) fox
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) dog (b) ten (c) sun
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) dog (c) rat
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) hen (b) dot (c) lip
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) web (b) pig (c) bus
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) six (b) rat (c) red
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) hen (b) dog (c) bus
- 37.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) dot (c) hen
- 38.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) dot (c) cap
- 40.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) web (c) sun
Answer key
- lip
- rat
- dog
- e
- u
- dot
- dog
- pen
- can
- bed
- a
- a
- bin
- a
- pen
- lip
- map
- sun
- bat
- a
- u
- leg
- o
- hug
- red
- fox
- u
- o
- i
- fox
- sun
- dog
- dot
- pig
- rat
- bus
- hen
- a
- cap
- web
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