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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 438 · 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 picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) rat (c) question
  2. 2.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nail (b) monkey (c) needle
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rain (b) pig (c) question
  4. 4.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) robot (c) pin
  5. 5.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pen (b) nest (c) olive
  6. 6.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
  7. 7.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rain (b) potato (c) needle
  8. 8.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
  9. 9.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
  10. 10.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
  11. 11.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
  12. 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) rainbow (c) nest
  13. 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) olive (c) queen
  14. 14.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
  15. 15.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rat (b) pen (c) popcorn
  16. 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) pin
  17. 17.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
  18. 18.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) nine
  19. 19.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
  20. 20.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rose (b) pig (c) net
  21. 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) monkey (c) octopus
  22. 22.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) ox (b) net (c) run
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) pan (c) peach
  24. 24.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) nut (c) mouse
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) road (b) run (c) nail
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) nose (c) rabbit
  27. 27.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) net
  28. 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) ox (c) popcorn
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) pin (b) nest (c) rat
  30. 30.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) rabbit
  31. 31.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
  32. 32.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) mango (c) rain
  33. 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) red (c) monkey
  34. 34.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
  35. 35.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) panda (b) red (c) mouse
  36. 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) question (c) olive
  37. 37.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) parrot (b) pin (c) nose
  38. 38.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) milk (b) pan (c) olive
  39. 39.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) moon (b) ox (c) rocket
  40. 40.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) pig

Answer key

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

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