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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 199 · 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 “p”? (a) nest (b) monkey (c) paint
  2. 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
  3. 3.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
  4. 4.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) popcorn (b) rainbow (c) queen
  6. 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) panda
  7. 7.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) octopus
  8. 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) parrot (c) paint
  9. 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) run (c) pen
  10. 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) pin
  11. 11.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
  12. 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) pen
  13. 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) milk
  14. 14.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nest (b) rocket (c) mango
  15. 15.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
  16. 16.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
  17. 17.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
  18. 18.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) octopus
  19. 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) net (c) ox
  20. 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) moon
  21. 21.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) queen
  22. 22.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
  23. 23.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rat (b) map (c) mango
  24. 24.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) nose (b) question (c) popcorn
  25. 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) rabbit (c) pan
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) monkey (c) nut
  27. 27.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) paint (c) milk
  28. 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) octopus
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pin (b) nail (c) rabbit
  30. 30.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) peach
  31. 31.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) mango (b) red (c) peach
  32. 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) rainbow (c) olive
  33. 33.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) net
  34. 34.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) olive (c) monkey
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) rain (c) nut
  36. 36.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ox (b) question (c) nest
  37. 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) map (c) ring
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) peach (b) monkey (c) nine
  39. 39.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
  40. 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m

Answer key

  1. paint
  2. o
  3. n
  4. n
  5. queen
  6. ox
  7. milk
  8. rat
  9. nine
  10. mango
  11. n
  12. pen
  13. milk
  14. mango
  15. n
  16. o
  17. r
  18. monkey
  19. ox
  20. panda
  21. queen
  22. m
  23. rat
  24. popcorn
  25. rabbit
  26. monkey
  27. octopus
  28. parrot
  29. pin
  30. peach
  31. peach
  32. map
  33. net
  34. olive
  35. pan
  36. question
  37. nail
  38. monkey
  39. o
  40. n

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