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