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