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 picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) nest
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) run (c) pin
- 3.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) nest (c) map
- 4.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) needle (c) moon
- 6.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) rocket (c) nose
- 7.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) pizza
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) question
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) milk (c) question
- 11.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 12.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 13.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pan (b) robot (c) queen
- 15.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) net (b) pin (c) rabbit
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) nest (c) mango
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) potato (b) rat (c) queen
- 18.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 19.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 20.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) mouse (b) rice (c) monkey
- 21.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 22.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 23.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) panda (b) nail (c) robot
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) ox (c) rat
- 25.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) monkey (b) popcorn (c) map
- 26.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) potato (b) nose (c) rose
- 27.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) pen
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) rocket (c) nut
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) net (c) pin
- 30.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 31.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 32.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) milk (b) nut (c) pig
- 34.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) peach (b) rat (c) net
- 35.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) rice
- 36.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rice (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 37.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rain (b) red (c) paint
- 38.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) question (b) panda (c) rain
- 39.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) queen (b) pen (c) nose
- 40.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pen (b) map (c) pin
Answer key
- octopus
- milk
- olive
- p
- moon
- mango
- nine
- question
- o
- question
- m
- m
- m
- queen
- rabbit
- nest
- queen
- n
- p
- rice
- r
- r
- panda
- rat
- popcorn
- potato
- nine
- pin
- net
- q
- o
- o
- pig
- net
- pig
- ox
- paint
- rain
- nose
- map
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