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