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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 439 · 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 “leg”? (a) six (b) bus (c) hen
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) six (b) can (c) log
  3. 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) leg (b) bus (c) rat
  4. 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pen (c) pig
  5. 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pan (b) pin (c) box
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) lip (b) sun (c) bag
  7. 7.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) rat
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) can (b) dog (c) hug
  10. 10.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
  11. 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dog (c) ten
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) rat (b) red (c) pig
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) can (b) ten (c) log
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pan (b) red (c) pig
  15. 15.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pig (b) cap (c) ten
  17. 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) six (b) run (c) can
  18. 18.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hug (b) cat (c) pig
  20. 20.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
  21. 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) nut (b) pin (c) hen
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) dot (b) zip (c) bug
  23. 23.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) van (b) dot (c) cup
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) pig (b) bug (c) box
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) dog (b) hug (c) net
  27. 27.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
  28. 28.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) pin (c) ten
  29. 29.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) map (c) gem
  30. 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bat (b) dog (c) bin
  31. 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bag (b) dog (c) bug
  32. 32.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) lip
  34. 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) web (b) zip (c) can
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bag (b) bus (c) leg
  36. 36.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
  37. 37.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
  38. 38.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) map (b) tub (c) pin
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) lip (b) net (c) dot

Answer key

  1. hen
  2. can
  3. bus
  4. fox
  5. box
  6. sun
  7. a
  8. rat
  9. dog
  10. u
  11. dog
  12. red
  13. ten
  14. pan
  15. u
  16. cap
  17. six
  18. a
  19. pig
  20. i
  21. nut
  22. bug
  23. a
  24. dot
  25. box
  26. hug
  27. i
  28. ten
  29. gem
  30. dog
  31. bug
  32. a
  33. lip
  34. web
  35. leg
  36. a
  37. u
  38. u
  39. pin
  40. lip

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