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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 73 · 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.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) dog (b) hat (c) ten
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) bus (c) pen
  4. 4.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) pin (c) dog
  5. 5.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) hug (b) net (c) zip
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) van (b) nut (c) dot
  8. 8.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) run (b) bin (c) box
  10. 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) lip (c) log
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) van (b) sun (c) dot
  12. 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) ten (c) bat
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) sun (b) red (c) cat
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) nut (c) red
  15. 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) dog (c) pen
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) cup (b) bed (c) zip
  17. 17.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) cat (c) dog
  18. 18.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) lip (c) bug
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cap (b) hen (c) pig
  21. 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) zip (c) box
  22. 22.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) tub (c) red
  23. 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bus (b) tap (c) hen
  24. 24.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
  25. 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) cap (c) bug
  26. 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) cat (c) pen
  27. 27.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
  28. 28.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bat (b) six (c) red
  29. 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) run (b) six (c) fox
  30. 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  31. 31.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
  32. 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dot (b) net (c) map
  33. 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) web (b) pan (c) dot
  34. 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) box (b) bus (c) bat
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) net (b) log (c) rat
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bus (b) red (c) log
  37. 37.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
  38. 38.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) run (b) zip (c) red
  40. 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) cat (c) fox

Answer key

  1. u
  2. hat
  3. bus
  4. pin
  5. a
  6. zip
  7. van
  8. i
  9. run
  10. log
  11. sun
  12. bat
  13. sun
  14. pig
  15. sun
  16. cup
  17. dog
  18. e
  19. lip
  20. hen
  21. zip
  22. tub
  23. tap
  24. u
  25. cap
  26. bin
  27. u
  28. red
  29. fox
  30. u
  31. o
  32. dot
  33. dot
  34. bat
  35. rat
  36. red
  37. o
  38. e
  39. red
  40. cat

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