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