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 “log”? (a) van (b) lip (c) dot
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pig (b) hen (c) hug
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pig (b) hat (c) ten
- 4.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) web (b) hug (c) bin
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) net (b) pig (c) dot
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) sun (b) rat (c) pin
- 7.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 8.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 9.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) run (b) pen (c) bag
- 11.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) log (b) ten (c) sun
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) six (b) ten (c) hug
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) lip (b) log (c) bug
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) cat (b) pen (c) tub
- 16.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) web (c) hat
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) hug (b) bin (c) tap
- 18.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) dog (b) bus (c) hen
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bed (b) lip (c) tap
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) six (c) pen
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) leg (b) pig (c) hat
- 23.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dog (b) leg (c) tap
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) red (c) bin
- 25.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) zip (b) box (c) bat
- 27.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) dog (c) hug
- 29.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pan (b) dog (c) pig
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) nut (b) pin (c) log
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) zip (b) bed (c) box
- 32.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 33.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 34.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bed (c) tap
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) cup (c) hat
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bed (c) log
- 37.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) can (c) pin
- 38.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) pin
- 40.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bat (c) fox
Answer key
- dot
- hen
- pig
- bin
- pig
- pin
- a
- e
- i
- run
- a
- sun
- ten
- log
- tub
- log
- hug
- u
- hen
- bed
- pen
- leg
- tap
- red
- u
- box
- o
- hug
- pig
- nut
- box
- u
- i
- bed
- hat
- zip
- dog
- i
- pin
- fox
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