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