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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 116 · 40 questions
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How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Look at the picture and say its name slowly: m… monkey. The first sound tells you the missing letter. q is almost always followed by u: queen, question.

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  1. 1.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) nail (c) panda
  2. 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) robot (c) octopus
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) milk (b) rocket (c) pen
  4. 4.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) red (c) moon
  6. 6.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
  7. 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nest (c) pencil
  8. 8.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rat (b) map (c) needle
  9. 9.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
  10. 10.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
  11. 11.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
  12. 12.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) queen
  13. 13.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
  14. 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) octopus (c) net
  15. 15.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
  16. 16.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) needle
  17. 17.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
  18. 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) rabbit (c) popcorn
  19. 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) rose
  20. 20.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
  21. 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) popcorn (c) net
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) red (c) needle
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) milk (c) rabbit
  24. 24.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) nut (c) parrot
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) road (b) nest (c) parrot
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) pin (c) pear
  27. 27.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pan (b) ox (c) road
  28. 28.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) ring (b) nut (c) popcorn
  29. 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) ox (c) potato
  30. 30.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
  31. 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) mango (c) olive
  32. 32.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
  33. 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) robot (c) rainbow
  34. 34.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) rocket (c) octopus
  36. 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) mouse
  37. 37.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) milk (b) pencil (c) rose
  38. 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pan (c) needle
  39. 39.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) queen (c) nail
  40. 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) rabbit

Answer key

  1. run
  2. octopus
  3. pen
  4. p
  5. moon
  6. r
  7. nest
  8. rat
  9. m
  10. m
  11. r
  12. queen
  13. r
  14. net
  15. p
  16. octopus
  17. q
  18. rabbit
  19. panda
  20. n
  21. olive
  22. needle
  23. milk
  24. parrot
  25. road
  26. rainbow
  27. ox
  28. nut
  29. map
  30. n
  31. mango
  32. o
  33. nut
  34. p
  35. nine
  36. olive
  37. rose
  38. ox
  39. queen
  40. paint

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