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 “bin”? (a) pig (b) bag (c) gem
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) sun (c) cap
- 3.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 4.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bag (b) pen (c) hug
- 6.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) pig (c) bag
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) bin (b) hug (c) rat
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) bag (b) pig (c) hen
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) van (c) gem
- 11.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) red (b) hug (c) dot
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bed (b) zip (c) box
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) log (c) rat
- 15.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) hen (b) bug (c) bin
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) pen (c) six
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) dot (b) pig (c) tap
- 19.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) net (b) bin (c) hat
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bed (c) cup
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) net (b) fox (c) bag
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) leg (c) dog
- 24.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) box (b) rat (c) six
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) sun (b) red (c) bat
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) box (b) nut (c) six
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) dog (b) pen (c) bus
- 29.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) net (b) cup (c) bat
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) can (b) bed (c) box
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hat (b) tub (c) bin
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pan (b) dog (c) six
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) box (b) cap (c) pen
- 35.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pan (b) log (c) sun
- 37.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) cup (b) bed (c) cap
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) box (b) cat (c) bug
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bug (b) can (c) fox
Answer key
- pig
- dog
- e
- u
- hug
- a
- pig
- rat
- bag
- gem
- u
- red
- zip
- pen
- i
- bin
- six
- tap
- e
- hat
- bed
- bag
- leg
- e
- rat
- bat
- six
- bus
- a
- cup
- can
- tub
- dog
- cap
- i
- log
- o
- cap
- bug
- bug
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