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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 305 · 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) mouse (b) pin (c) red
  2. 2.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) popcorn (b) nine (c) run
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pizza (b) nail (c) octopus
  4. 4.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) question (b) moon (c) pen
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nail (b) queen (c) nine
  6. 6.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nail (b) nest (c) olive
  7. 7.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
  8. 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) nail (c) robot
  9. 9.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
  10. 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) pen (c) pan
  11. 11.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) ring (b) mouse (c) pin
  12. 12.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) potato (b) queen (c) nest
  13. 13.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
  14. 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) needle (c) olive
  15. 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) paint (c) pizza
  16. 16.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
  17. 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) nest (c) parrot
  18. 18.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
  19. 19.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
  20. 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) popcorn (b) rabbit (c) mango
  21. 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) red
  22. 22.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) robot (b) map (c) peach
  23. 23.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
  24. 24.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ring (b) question (c) parrot
  26. 26.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) road (b) mango (c) pencil
  27. 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) rabbit (c) ox
  28. 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) rain (c) nose
  29. 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) nine (c) mango
  30. 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) peach (c) queen
  31. 31.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) rice (b) potato (c) net
  32. 32.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
  33. 33.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) ox
  34. 34.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) road (c) parrot
  36. 36.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) question (b) nest (c) panda
  37. 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) pear (c) nail
  38. 38.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
  39. 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) monkey (c) needle
  40. 40.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) panda

Answer key

  1. red
  2. popcorn
  3. octopus
  4. moon
  5. queen
  6. olive
  7. n
  8. map
  9. n
  10. moon
  11. ring
  12. queen
  13. q
  14. olive
  15. rat
  16. m
  17. nest
  18. n
  19. m
  20. popcorn
  21. ox
  22. map
  23. o
  24. n
  25. question
  26. pencil
  27. rabbit
  28. pin
  29. mango
  30. peach
  31. potato
  32. p
  33. ox
  34. m
  35. nail
  36. panda
  37. monkey
  38. q
  39. needle
  40. octopus

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