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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 2.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) web (b) log (c) run
- 4.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) run (b) pen (c) box
- 6.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) red (c) bag
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) bat (b) leg (c) fox
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) zip (c) hen
- 9.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 10.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) pen (b) log (c) bag
- 12.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) leg (c) bin
- 14.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) can (b) pen (c) lip
- 16.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) pen (c) hat
- 18.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 19.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) run (c) box
- 21.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 22.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 23.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) dog
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) net
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) cup (c) fox
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) leg (b) zip (c) box
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) net (b) bin (c) bag
- 29.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) nut (b) can (c) fox
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bag (c) tub
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) dog (b) hat (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) six (b) ten (c) cup
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) hat (b) pin (c) red
- 35.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) fox (b) nut (c) lip
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) map (c) nut
- 38.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bag (b) pin (c) run
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) ten (b) hug (c) log
Answer key
- o
- a
- web
- u
- pen
- red
- leg
- map
- o
- u
- bag
- e
- bin
- e
- lip
- a
- sun
- a
- e
- gem
- a
- a
- e
- dog
- net
- fox
- zip
- bag
- a
- can
- bag
- hat
- cup
- red
- a
- fox
- bed
- u
- pin
- hug
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