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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 165 · 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) rose (b) needle (c) nut
  2. 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
  3. 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) question
  4. 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) ring
  5. 5.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
  6. 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) nail
  7. 7.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
  8. 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) rain
  9. 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
  10. 10.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
  11. 11.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
  12. 12.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
  13. 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) milk (c) ox
  14. 14.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
  15. 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
  16. 16.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) milk
  17. 17.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pig (b) robot (c) ox
  18. 18.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) red (b) ox (c) nine
  19. 19.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) map
  20. 20.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
  21. 21.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nail (c) pen
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) nest
  24. 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) road
  25. 25.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) octopus (c) pig
  27. 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) pencil (c) rat
  28. 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) nose (c) map
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pencil (b) rainbow (c) queen
  30. 30.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
  31. 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) red
  32. 32.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) mouse (b) peach (c) queen
  33. 33.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) moon (b) pan (c) nut
  34. 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) pen (c) moon
  35. 35.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
  36. 36.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
  37. 37.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) map (b) rice (c) peach
  39. 39.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) milk (b) rainbow (c) pen
  40. 40.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pizza (b) panda (c) ox

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. m
  3. question
  4. ring
  5. p
  6. milk
  7. p
  8. pen
  9. o
  10. n
  11. o
  12. r
  13. milk
  14. q
  15. o
  16. nine
  17. ox
  18. red
  19. popcorn
  20. q
  21. r
  22. nail
  23. olive
  24. road
  25. m
  26. pig
  27. mouse
  28. map
  29. queen
  30. m
  31. red
  32. peach
  33. pan
  34. run
  35. n
  36. p
  37. n
  38. rice
  39. rainbow
  40. ox

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