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