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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 753 · 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 “pen”? (a) nut (b) hat (c) red
  2. 2.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) fox (c) sun
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) tub (c) net
  4. 4.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) tub (b) pin (c) dot
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) net (b) bat (c) bug
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) web (b) fox (c) bag
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) dot (b) cup (c) six
  9. 9.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
  10. 10.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hen (b) six (c) bat
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) hen (b) six (c) bus
  12. 12.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) bug (c) pig
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) dot (b) bus (c) cat
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) bag (c) run
  15. 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bed (b) bat (c) nut
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bin (b) sun (c) dog
  17. 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) rat (b) dot (c) bin
  18. 18.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) run (b) lip (c) ten
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) bag (c) log
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) sun (b) can (c) gem
  21. 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) box (b) map (c) six
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) run (b) ten (c) six
  23. 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) bed (b) pin (c) cat
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) box (b) rat (c) bus
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) run (b) cat (c) lip
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) van (b) pen (c) box
  27. 27.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bat (b) tub (c) fox
  29. 29.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  30. 30.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
  31. 31.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) bus (c) dot
  32. 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) pan (b) net (c) zip
  33. 33.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
  34. 34.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
  35. 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) run (b) van (c) web
  36. 36.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
  37. 37.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hug (b) can (c) hen
  38. 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) pen (b) fox (c) pig
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) ten (b) dog (c) hat
  40. 40.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o

Answer key

  1. red
  2. gem
  3. fox
  4. a
  5. tub
  6. bug
  7. web
  8. cup
  9. e
  10. bat
  11. bus
  12. pig
  13. cat
  14. pen
  15. nut
  16. sun
  17. bin
  18. run
  19. bag
  20. can
  21. box
  22. six
  23. cat
  24. bus
  25. run
  26. van
  27. e
  28. fox
  29. a
  30. i
  31. bus
  32. zip
  33. o
  34. a
  35. web
  36. e
  37. hen
  38. pen
  39. ten
  40. o

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