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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 576 · 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.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) six (b) fox (c) pen
  3. 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) gem
  4. 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) six (c) web
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) sun (b) lip (c) box
  6. 6.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
  7. 7.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
  8. 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) web (b) box (c) bus
  9. 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cup (b) log (c) pin
  10. 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bat (b) hug (c) net
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) gem (b) pig (c) fox
  12. 12.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hug (b) pan (c) gem
  13. 13.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
  14. 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) fox (b) nut (c) pen
  15. 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) nut (b) zip (c) cap
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) red (b) bin (c) bus
  17. 17.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
  18. 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) tap (b) web (c) bin
  19. 19.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
  20. 20.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) red (b) six (c) tap
  21. 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) box (b) cap (c) leg
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) pig (b) bug (c) can
  23. 23.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
  24. 24.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bag (c) leg
  25. 25.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
  26. 26.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
  27. 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) tub (b) map (c) zip
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) red (b) sun (c) fox
  29. 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) six (b) run (c) fox
  30. 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
  31. 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) cat (b) sun (c) log
  32. 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hen (b) nut (c) tap
  33. 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) can (b) log (c) leg
  34. 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) sun (b) lip (c) red
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) ten (b) six (c) box
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pen (b) bus (c) tap
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) web (b) hug (c) cat
  38. 38.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) van (b) pen (c) dog
  40. 40.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e

Answer key

  1. o
  2. six
  3. gem
  4. van
  5. lip
  6. u
  7. a
  8. bus
  9. pin
  10. net
  11. gem
  12. gem
  13. a
  14. nut
  15. cap
  16. bin
  17. i
  18. web
  19. e
  20. six
  21. cap
  22. pig
  23. u
  24. bag
  25. a
  26. e
  27. map
  28. fox
  29. run
  30. u
  31. cat
  32. tap
  33. log
  34. lip
  35. box
  36. bus
  37. web
  38. i
  39. van
  40. e

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