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