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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 266 · 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) octopus (b) nail (c) rat
  2. 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
  3. 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) queen (c) popcorn
  4. 4.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) paint (c) ring
  6. 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) run
  7. 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) pizza (c) nest
  8. 8.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rabbit (b) popcorn (c) mouse
  9. 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) rose (c) mouse
  10. 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) milk (c) question
  11. 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) pin (c) milk
  12. 12.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) olive (b) map (c) needle
  13. 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
  14. 14.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rat (b) pan (c) ox
  15. 15.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pen (b) rose (c) question
  16. 16.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rat (b) red (c) popcorn
  17. 17.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
  18. 18.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
  19. 19.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
  20. 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) mango
  21. 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) peach
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) milk (c) queen
  23. 23.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
  24. 24.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) red (b) nest (c) peach
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nest (b) popcorn (c) road
  26. 26.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) panda
  27. 27.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
  28. 28.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) run (b) queen (c) paint
  29. 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
  30. 30.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
  31. 31.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
  32. 32.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pin (b) olive (c) nest
  33. 33.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
  34. 34.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pear
  35. 35.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
  36. 36.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) paint (c) rat
  37. 37.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) mouse
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ring (b) nut (c) rose
  39. 39.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rice (b) parrot (c) nut
  40. 40.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pencil

Answer key

  1. octopus
  2. m
  3. popcorn
  4. m
  5. ring
  6. mango
  7. pizza
  8. rabbit
  9. mouse
  10. question
  11. milk
  12. needle
  13. m
  14. ox
  15. rose
  16. popcorn
  17. r
  18. r
  19. n
  20. olive
  21. rose
  22. queen
  23. q
  24. nest
  25. nest
  26. nut
  27. m
  28. run
  29. q
  30. r
  31. o
  32. pin
  33. o
  34. nose
  35. r
  36. question
  37. mouse
  38. nut
  39. parrot
  40. olive

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