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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 291 · 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) nail (b) potato (c) rice
  2. 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) red
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) rabbit (b) nine (c) pig
  4. 4.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
  5. 5.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rice (b) mouse (c) octopus
  6. 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) rainbow
  7. 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) parrot (c) milk
  8. 8.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nail (b) octopus (c) pan
  9. 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) question (c) nut
  10. 10.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nail (b) robot (c) olive
  11. 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) pig (c) nine
  12. 12.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
  13. 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) mouse (c) nine
  14. 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
  15. 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) mouse (c) nut
  16. 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) net (c) panda
  17. 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) olive
  18. 18.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) pan (b) map (c) ring
  19. 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) nine (c) run
  20. 20.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
  21. 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) red (c) map
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pen (b) net (c) moon
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) rain (c) pin
  24. 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) potato (b) ox (c) moon
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pan (b) potato (c) nest
  26. 26.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
  27. 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nut (c) monkey
  28. 28.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
  29. 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) red
  30. 30.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
  31. 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) mango
  32. 32.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) octopus (b) net (c) map
  33. 33.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) rain
  34. 34.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) red
  36. 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) rat (c) mango
  37. 37.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) peach (b) ox (c) nest
  39. 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) nest (c) rocket
  40. 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m

Answer key

  1. potato
  2. red
  3. rabbit
  4. n
  5. octopus
  6. octopus
  7. rainbow
  8. nail
  9. question
  10. olive
  11. nine
  12. r
  13. rat
  14. o
  15. nut
  16. net
  17. queen
  18. pan
  19. run
  20. o
  21. map
  22. moon
  23. monkey
  24. ox
  25. nest
  26. m
  27. question
  28. m
  29. ox
  30. p
  31. nose
  32. map
  33. octopus
  34. p
  35. queen
  36. mango
  37. m
  38. ox
  39. rocket
  40. m

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