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Phonics lesson 5: Short vowel middle sounds · Set 892 · 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 letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) pin (c) can
  2. 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) bug (b) cat (c) six
  3. 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) box (c) van
  4. 4.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
  5. 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) bin (c) run
  6. 6.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
  7. 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) run (c) pan
  8. 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) sun (b) rat (c) ten
  9. 9.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) rat (c) leg
  10. 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) hug (b) net (c) lip
  11. 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) box (c) pen
  12. 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) pin (b) hat (c) net
  13. 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) cat (c) box
  14. 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bus (c) box
  15. 15.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
  16. 16.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) box (c) nut
  17. 17.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
  18. 18.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) pen (c) bug
  19. 19.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
  20. 20.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
  21. 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) net
  22. 22.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
  23. 23.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
  24. 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) tap (b) red (c) bus
  25. 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) box (b) hat (c) red
  26. 26.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
  27. 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) ten (b) nut (c) bat
  28. 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) pan (b) bin (c) tub
  29. 29.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
  30. 30.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pin (c) cat
  31. 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) sun (b) pen (c) pig
  32. 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tub (b) bin (c) dot
  33. 33.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
  34. 34.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
  35. 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) zip (b) dot (c) bat
  36. 36.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
  37. 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) hat (b) zip (c) gem
  38. 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) log (b) ten (c) nut
  39. 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) gem (b) hat (c) box
  40. 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bed (b) fox (c) six

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. cat
  3. lip
  4. a
  5. dot
  6. e
  7. box
  8. ten
  9. rat
  10. lip
  11. can
  12. net
  13. pen
  14. bus
  15. o
  16. cap
  17. a
  18. log
  19. u
  20. i
  21. net
  22. e
  23. i
  24. tap
  25. hat
  26. a
  27. nut
  28. tub
  29. a
  30. fox
  31. sun
  32. tub
  33. o
  34. u
  35. bat
  36. o
  37. hat
  38. ten
  39. gem
  40. six

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