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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 461 · 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 “bed”? (a) box (b) hen (c) tap
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) rat (b) ten (c) fox
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) fox (b) nut (c) can
  4. 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) pin (b) dot (c) bat
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) six (b) fox (c) cat
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) pin (b) rat (c) web
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) pig (c) rat
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) web (b) bus (c) fox
  9. 9.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  10. 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dot (b) pen (c) rat
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pig (b) hen (c) pan
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) zip (b) net (c) map
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) zip (b) dog (c) bed
  14. 14.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
  15. 15.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) leg (c) fox
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) cap (b) box (c) pig
  17. 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) six (b) sun (c) hat
  18. 18.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
  19. 19.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) dot (b) web (c) hat
  21. 21.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
  22. 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) zip (b) ten (c) dot
  23. 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) leg (b) lip (c) bag
  24. 24.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
  25. 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bed (b) fox (c) bat
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pig (b) pan (c) log
  27. 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) leg (b) dot (c) hug
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) lip (b) gem (c) bus
  29. 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) pin (c) box
  30. 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) lip (b) dog (c) cap
  31. 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
  32. 32.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) can (b) dog (c) zip
  34. 34.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cat (b) bed (c) pig
  36. 36.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) sun (b) cap (c) six
  38. 38.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
  39. 39.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) hat (b) tub (c) bin

Answer key

  1. hen
  2. fox
  3. nut
  4. dot
  5. six
  6. web
  7. net
  8. bus
  9. o
  10. dot
  11. pan
  12. net
  13. bed
  14. u
  15. zip
  16. cap
  17. hat
  18. a
  19. a
  20. hat
  21. u
  22. dot
  23. lip
  24. u
  25. fox
  26. log
  27. hug
  28. lip
  29. box
  30. cap
  31. u
  32. e
  33. dog
  34. a
  35. bed
  36. i
  37. cap
  38. i
  39. u
  40. bin

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