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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 19 · 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.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
  2. 2.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  3. 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) run (b) cat (c) pen
  4. 4.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
  5. 5.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) bug (c) lip
  7. 7.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
  8. 8.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) pig (c) bus
  10. 10.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pen (b) rat (c) box
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) hat
  12. 12.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) ten (b) six (c) cup
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) rat (b) pig (c) sun
  14. 14.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
  15. 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) van (b) run (c) zip
  16. 16.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
  17. 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cap (b) fox (c) bin
  18. 18.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) box (c) pig
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) hug (b) rat (c) zip
  21. 21.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) box (b) leg (c) six
  23. 23.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
  24. 24.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) map (b) dot (c) six
  26. 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bag (c) sun
  27. 27.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) leg (c) bus
  29. 29.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
  30. 30.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
  31. 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) map (b) sun (c) pig
  32. 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) zip (c) nut
  33. 33.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
  34. 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) six (b) leg (c) rat
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) sun (b) hen (c) pin
  36. 36.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hat (b) log (c) gem
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) ten (b) map (c) fox
  38. 38.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pin (b) dog (c) map
  39. 39.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) red (c) tub
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) sun (b) bin (c) cap

Answer key

  1. i
  2. e
  3. pen
  4. o
  5. o
  6. lip
  7. a
  8. i
  9. pig
  10. rat
  11. hen
  12. cup
  13. sun
  14. e
  15. zip
  16. a
  17. bin
  18. a
  19. pig
  20. rat
  21. o
  22. leg
  23. a
  24. e
  25. map
  26. sun
  27. u
  28. dot
  29. i
  30. a
  31. sun
  32. fox
  33. u
  34. rat
  35. pin
  36. gem
  37. map
  38. pin
  39. tub
  40. bin

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