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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 284 · 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.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  2. 2.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hen (c) van
  3. 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) six (b) box (c) gem
  4. 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) zip (b) leg (c) tap
  5. 5.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bat (b) pen (c) nut
  6. 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) box (c) map
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bag (c) dot
  8. 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) log (b) bin (c) bat
  9. 9.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
  10. 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) bug (b) web (c) pig
  11. 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) cup (c) rat
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) hen (b) cap (c) bin
  13. 13.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) dog (c) bin
  15. 15.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
  16. 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) log (b) ten (c) bin
  17. 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) six (b) dog (c) map
  18. 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) sun (b) gem (c) bag
  19. 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) lip (b) cap (c) dot
  20. 20.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) nut (c) zip
  21. 21.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
  22. 22.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
  23. 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) pan (c) box
  24. 24.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bus (c) pan
  25. 25.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) hat (b) bin (c) bug
  27. 27.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) net (b) van (c) zip
  29. 29.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
  30. 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
  31. 31.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pen (b) pan (c) dog
  32. 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) fox (c) pig
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) leg (b) run (c) dot
  34. 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) bag (b) box (c) pig
  35. 35.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
  36. 36.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pig (c) bat
  37. 37.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) ten (c) pin
  38. 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) zip (c) gem
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) leg (b) log (c) pig
  40. 40.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bus (b) can (c) pig

Answer key

  1. a
  2. van
  3. gem
  4. leg
  5. bat
  6. hug
  7. dot
  8. bin
  9. a
  10. bug
  11. lip
  12. hen
  13. o
  14. hen
  15. o
  16. ten
  17. map
  18. bag
  19. lip
  20. zip
  21. o
  22. a
  23. box
  24. pan
  25. u
  26. hat
  27. a
  28. van
  29. u
  30. u
  31. dog
  32. pig
  33. dot
  34. pig
  35. e
  36. log
  37. sun
  38. dog
  39. log
  40. bus

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