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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 281 · 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 “six”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) hat
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bat (b) zip (c) log
  3. 3.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
  4. 4.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
  5. 5.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  6. 6.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pan (b) leg (c) box
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) tub (c) bat
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) lip (b) can (c) hen
  9. 9.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pen (b) hug (c) fox
  10. 10.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pan (b) zip (c) leg
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) hen (b) bus (c) tap
  13. 13.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
  14. 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) hug (b) ten (c) bin
  15. 15.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
  16. 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) red (c) zip
  17. 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hen (c) bug
  18. 18.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) net (c) sun
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) six (b) cap (c) bed
  21. 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) lip (c) bug
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) pan (b) red (c) box
  23. 23.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  24. 24.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
  25. 25.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) box (b) map (c) zip
  27. 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) map (b) bin (c) hug
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bat (b) hug (c) red
  29. 29.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) pan (c) cup
  30. 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bug (b) pen (c) six
  31. 31.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  32. 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) pin (b) net (c) bag
  33. 33.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
  34. 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) bus (c) can
  35. 35.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pen (b) cap (c) dog
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) van (b) gem (c) pin
  38. 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) cat (b) pen (c) nut
  39. 39.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) van (b) nut (c) bed

Answer key

  1. pig
  2. bat
  3. o
  4. o
  5. a
  6. box
  7. dog
  8. hen
  9. fox
  10. i
  11. pan
  12. bus
  13. a
  14. hug
  15. e
  16. zip
  17. hen
  18. a
  19. net
  20. bed
  21. lip
  22. red
  23. a
  24. e
  25. i
  26. box
  27. map
  28. red
  29. cup
  30. bug
  31. e
  32. net
  33. u
  34. can
  35. a
  36. cap
  37. van
  38. pen
  39. o
  40. van

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