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.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) nose (c) mango
- 3.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) net (b) question (c) nest
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ring (b) map (c) queen
- 5.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) question (b) map (c) pear
- 6.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) moon (b) mouse (c) ring
- 7.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pin (b) moon (c) road
- 8.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) pan (b) rocket (c) rat
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 10.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pan (b) needle (c) moon
- 11.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) popcorn (b) nine (c) octopus
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pin (b) milk (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) monkey (c) popcorn
- 15.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) rat
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) pizza (c) rose
- 17.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 18.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mango (b) question (c) ox
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) pig (c) ring
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rabbit (b) rocket (c) ox
- 22.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) mouse (b) milk (c) run
- 23.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rat (b) pear (c) pen
- 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) road (b) mango (c) olive
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) mango
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) map (c) pen
- 27.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) pin
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rose (b) question (c) octopus
- 29.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) parrot (b) rabbit (c) pan
- 30.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 31.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 32.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 33.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rainbow (b) octopus (c) queen
- 34.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 35.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 36.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) nest (b) rain (c) question
- 37.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) monkey
- 38.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 39.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 40.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rose (b) olive (c) nose
Answer key
- m
- mango
- question
- queen
- map
- ring
- road
- pan
- mouse
- moon
- n
- popcorn
- ox
- popcorn
- rat
- rose
- m
- q
- question
- ring
- ox
- run
- rat
- olive
- needle
- map
- needle
- octopus
- rabbit
- r
- n
- o
- octopus
- p
- q
- rain
- peach
- r
- m
- nose
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