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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 12 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) leg (b) cup (c) tap
  2. 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) van (b) cup (c) dot
  3. 3.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
  4. 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) map (b) zip (c) bus
  5. 5.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bat (b) net (c) dot
  6. 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) sun (c) bin
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) red (b) dog (c) cat
  8. 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) cup (c) leg
  9. 9.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) red (c) cat
  10. 10.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  11. 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) tap (c) lip
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) lip (b) red (c) run
  13. 13.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bag (b) fox (c) six
  15. 15.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
  16. 16.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
  17. 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) web (b) hug (c) bag
  18. 18.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) pig (c) box
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) sun (b) can (c) web
  21. 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) rat (b) bin (c) fox
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) red (b) cat (c) sun
  23. 23.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) rat (b) bus (c) zip
  25. 25.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) hen
  27. 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pan (b) gem (c) pig
  28. 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) map (c) gem
  29. 29.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) leg (c) log
  30. 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) web (b) log (c) lip
  31. 31.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  32. 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) six (b) net (c) fox
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bin (b) nut (c) cap
  34. 34.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) cup (b) log (c) cat
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) gem (b) sun (c) fox
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pig (b) hug (c) web
  38. 38.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) net (c) six
  39. 39.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
  40. 40.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a

Answer key

  1. cup
  2. dot
  3. e
  4. map
  5. bat
  6. sun
  7. red
  8. cup
  9. cat
  10. a
  11. tap
  12. run
  13. e
  14. fox
  15. i
  16. u
  17. bag
  18. a
  19. bug
  20. web
  21. bin
  22. sun
  23. u
  24. rat
  25. o
  26. hen
  27. gem
  28. map
  29. pig
  30. web
  31. a
  32. net
  33. bin
  34. i
  35. log
  36. fox
  37. pig
  38. six
  39. o
  40. a

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