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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 133 · 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 “o”? (a) needle (b) octopus (c) nest
  2. 2.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
  3. 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) rat (c) pencil
  4. 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rain (b) olive (c) nest
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) mouse (c) octopus
  6. 6.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) mango (b) needle (c) pizza
  7. 7.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nail (b) pizza (c) road
  8. 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) pizza (c) popcorn
  9. 9.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
  10. 10.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
  11. 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) question
  12. 12.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
  13. 13.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) rocket (c) rat
  14. 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) milk (c) ring
  15. 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
  16. 16.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) peach (b) popcorn (c) rocket
  17. 17.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
  18. 18.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
  19. 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) nose
  20. 20.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) mango (b) needle (c) pig
  21. 21.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) parrot (c) mango
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) pencil (c) map
  24. 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) nine (c) mouse
  25. 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) potato (c) rocket
  26. 26.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
  27. 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) question (c) pan
  28. 28.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rose (b) net (c) olive
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) rabbit
  30. 30.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) nine (c) pig
  31. 31.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
  32. 32.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) paint (b) mouse (c) nest
  33. 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) pen
  34. 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) robot (c) panda
  35. 35.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
  36. 36.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) road
  37. 37.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) needle (b) pig (c) ox
  39. 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) run (c) nut
  40. 40.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) pen (c) ox

Answer key

  1. octopus
  2. p
  3. pencil
  4. olive
  5. mouse
  6. pizza
  7. nail
  8. needle
  9. q
  10. m
  11. question
  12. m
  13. queen
  14. ring
  15. o
  16. rocket
  17. r
  18. r
  19. nose
  20. pig
  21. r
  22. mango
  23. map
  24. nine
  25. rocket
  26. m
  27. rice
  28. olive
  29. rabbit
  30. ox
  31. o
  32. nest
  33. nail
  34. panda
  35. m
  36. road
  37. m
  38. needle
  39. nut
  40. ox

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