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) potato (b) rat (c) olive
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) map (b) octopus (c) rose
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) pig (c) nail
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rice (c) pear
- 5.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) moon (b) pen (c) nest
- 6.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 7.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pig (b) map (c) rabbit
- 8.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) parrot (c) olive
- 10.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) map
- 11.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) popcorn (b) queen (c) olive
- 12.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) parrot (b) mango (c) rabbit
- 13.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) pan (c) milk
- 15.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) peach (b) run (c) queen
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) potato (c) road
- 18.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) milk (c) ox
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pan (c) rain
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) panda (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 22.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) needle (b) rose (c) nest
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) rose (c) nine
- 24.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 25.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 26.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) pen (c) milk
- 28.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 29.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) question (b) rat (c) potato
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ox (b) queen (c) map
- 31.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) mouse (b) milk (c) nose
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) mouse (c) pear
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) rainbow (c) pizza
- 35.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nest (b) monkey (c) queen
- 36.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) octopus (c) pen
- 38.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) road (b) ox (c) rat
- 39.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pan (b) panda (c) mouse
Answer key
- olive
- octopus
- nail
- moon
- pen
- r
- rabbit
- n
- parrot
- map
- queen
- rabbit
- m
- question
- o
- peach
- road
- r
- milk
- mango
- ring
- rose
- nine
- n
- n
- p
- pen
- m
- rat
- queen
- m
- nose
- mouse
- pizza
- monkey
- m
- octopus
- ox
- n
- mouse
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