Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (m–r)
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.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) pear
- 2.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pan (b) rat (c) ox
- 3.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) question (b) pencil (c) olive
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rose (c) octopus
- 5.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pig (b) net (c) olive
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) monkey (c) rat
- 8.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 9.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 10.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ox (b) question (c) olive
- 11.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) milk (b) rain (c) moon
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mouse (b) rocket (c) panda
- 13.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) run (b) pencil (c) monkey
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) rainbow (c) moon
- 15.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) needle (c) mango
- 18.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pig (b) panda (c) milk
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) popcorn (c) nest
- 20.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) nose
- 21.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) road (b) run (c) needle
- 22.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 23.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 24.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) map (b) monkey (c) octopus
- 25.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) nest (c) nose
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) octopus (c) needle
- 27.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) robot (b) nest (c) nine
- 28.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) nine (b) peach (c) monkey
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) question (c) net
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) nail (c) paint
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) pencil (c) mango
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) octopus (c) panda
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) moon (c) nine
- 34.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) nose (c) map
- 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) nail
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rocket (c) popcorn
- 38.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 39.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) question (b) road (c) nut
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) ox (c) popcorn
Answer key
- olive
- pan
- pencil
- rose
- q
- olive
- monkey
- o
- n
- question
- rain
- mouse
- run
- moon
- q
- m
- ox
- milk
- nest
- mouse
- needle
- m
- n
- octopus
- queen
- parrot
- robot
- monkey
- mango
- paint
- pencil
- octopus
- nine
- n
- map
- olive
- question
- o
- road
- popcorn
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