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