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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 785 · 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 “can”? (a) six (b) van (c) pen
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) log (b) pig (c) hat
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) red (b) dot (c) pin
  4. 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bat (b) cup (c) pin
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) can (b) bin (c) box
  6. 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pen (b) tub (c) pin
  7. 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pin (b) red (c) van
  8. 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) six (b) pan (c) log
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) tub (b) tap (c) pig
  10. 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) red (c) dot
  11. 11.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
  12. 12.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
  13. 13.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
  14. 14.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
  15. 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) leg (b) bin (c) log
  16. 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bed (b) tap (c) dog
  17. 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) gem (c) nut
  18. 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) fox (b) bag (c) cup
  19. 19.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) tap (c) ten
  20. 20.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
  21. 21.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
  22. 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) zip (b) box (c) net
  23. 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) bin (c) bus
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) van
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) log (b) run (c) tap
  26. 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) fox (b) van (c) nut
  27. 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) can (b) lip (c) tub
  28. 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) can (c) nut
  29. 29.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  30. 30.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) box (c) bin
  31. 31.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
  32. 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) bat (b) bed (c) pin
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) dot (b) gem (c) rat
  34. 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) rat (c) tub
  35. 35.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
  36. 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) hat (b) bin (c) pen
  37. 37.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
  38. 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) zip (b) can (c) red
  39. 39.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) van (b) dog (c) pen
  40. 40.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u

Answer key

  1. van
  2. hat
  3. pin
  4. pin
  5. box
  6. tub
  7. red
  8. six
  9. pig
  10. bug
  11. a
  12. i
  13. e
  14. a
  15. log
  16. dog
  17. gem
  18. cup
  19. box
  20. a
  21. u
  22. net
  23. bin
  24. bus
  25. run
  26. nut
  27. lip
  28. nut
  29. a
  30. bin
  31. u
  32. bed
  33. rat
  34. rat
  35. u
  36. hat
  37. a
  38. zip
  39. dog
  40. e

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