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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 384 · 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 “m”? (a) nail (b) nose (c) monkey
  2. 2.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) nest (b) olive (c) pig
  3. 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) needle (c) pig
  4. 4.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) nose (b) queen (c) rice
  5. 5.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) peach (b) parrot (c) road
  6. 6.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rocket (b) panda (c) milk
  7. 7.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
  8. 8.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
  9. 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rice (b) question (c) monkey
  10. 10.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
  11. 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) peach (b) olive (c) nest
  12. 12.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) popcorn (b) red (c) ring
  13. 13.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
  14. 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) needle (b) rainbow (c) ox
  15. 15.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) rice
  16. 16.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
  17. 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) mango (c) ring
  18. 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) peach
  19. 19.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
  20. 20.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
  21. 21.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rocket (b) nest (c) mango
  22. 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) nest (c) rabbit
  23. 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
  24. 24.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rat (b) net (c) moon
  25. 25.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) nine (c) pig
  27. 27.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
  28. 28.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rain (b) nut (c) mango
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pear (b) map (c) pan
  30. 30.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
  31. 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nine (b) queen (c) robot
  32. 32.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
  33. 33.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) red (b) question (c) milk
  34. 34.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) map (b) peach (c) octopus
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) ox (c) rocket
  36. 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) parrot (c) net
  37. 37.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) rat (c) needle
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) ox (b) pen (c) nose
  39. 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) rabbit (c) pizza
  40. 40.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) question (c) net

Answer key

  1. monkey
  2. pig
  3. pig
  4. rice
  5. road
  6. milk
  7. r
  8. m
  9. question
  10. p
  11. nest
  12. popcorn
  13. n
  14. ox
  15. rice
  16. o
  17. panda
  18. olive
  19. o
  20. r
  21. mango
  22. rabbit
  23. q
  24. moon
  25. n
  26. nine
  27. m
  28. rain
  29. map
  30. m
  31. queen
  32. p
  33. milk
  34. octopus
  35. rocket
  36. net
  37. olive
  38. pen
  39. pizza
  40. question

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