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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 814 · 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) bat (b) dot (c) tub
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) sun (b) pen (c) rat
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) gem (b) bat (c) hug
  4. 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) dog (b) bus (c) zip
  5. 5.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
  6. 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) sun (b) bin (c) box
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hug (b) six (c) can
  8. 8.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) map (b) box (c) pig
  9. 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) hug (b) van (c) log
  10. 10.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
  11. 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) pin (b) nut (c) rat
  12. 12.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
  13. 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dot (b) run (c) zip
  14. 14.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
  15. 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) van (b) dot (c) net
  16. 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) lip (c) bed
  17. 17.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
  18. 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) box (b) pen (c) cup
  19. 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bus (b) pin (c) leg
  20. 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) cup
  21. 21.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
  22. 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) run (b) cap (c) log
  23. 23.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
  24. 24.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) leg (b) can (c) zip
  26. 26.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
  27. 27.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hug (c) van
  28. 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) rat (c) six
  29. 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) rat (c) hug
  30. 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hen (b) zip (c) sun
  31. 31.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
  32. 32.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
  33. 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) dog (b) cap (c) lip
  34. 34.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
  35. 35.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
  36. 36.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) rat (b) bus (c) box
  37. 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cat (b) net (c) pig
  38. 38.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) log (b) bag (c) run
  40. 40.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i

Answer key

  1. bat
  2. rat
  3. hug
  4. bus
  5. u
  6. bin
  7. can
  8. box
  9. van
  10. a
  11. rat
  12. u
  13. zip
  14. a
  15. net
  16. bed
  17. a
  18. cup
  19. bus
  20. rat
  21. e
  22. log
  23. a
  24. i
  25. leg
  26. e
  27. van
  28. rat
  29. dog
  30. sun
  31. u
  32. o
  33. lip
  34. a
  35. a
  36. bus
  37. cat
  38. u
  39. run
  40. e

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