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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 80 · 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 “nut”? (a) road (b) mango (c) nest
  2. 2.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) milk (b) nail (c) pin
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) nest
  4. 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) queen (c) octopus
  5. 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) milk (c) net
  6. 6.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
  7. 7.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
  8. 8.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) robot (b) moon (c) ox
  9. 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) ox (c) nail
  10. 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) question (c) map
  11. 11.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) mouse (c) road
  12. 12.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
  13. 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) nail (c) moon
  14. 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nose (b) milk (c) queen
  15. 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) popcorn
  16. 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) rocket (c) ox
  17. 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) rat (c) peach
  18. 18.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
  19. 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) road (c) nut
  20. 20.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
  21. 21.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) needle (b) rainbow (c) mango
  22. 22.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
  23. 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) pear (c) rain
  24. 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) question (c) nine
  25. 25.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rocket (b) peach (c) nut
  26. 26.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
  27. 27.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
  28. 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) road (c) robot
  29. 29.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pencil (b) ring (c) question
  30. 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) run (c) monkey
  31. 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) pin (c) red
  32. 32.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
  33. 33.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
  34. 34.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) run (b) milk (c) parrot
  35. 35.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) rabbit
  36. 36.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
  37. 37.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
  38. 38.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
  39. 39.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) nut (b) pan (c) nine
  40. 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pig (b) net (c) rose

Answer key

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

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