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) pin (b) ox (c) nine
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) panda (c) octopus
- 3.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) olive (b) rocket (c) nest
- 4.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) red (b) needle (c) milk
- 5.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) pin
- 7.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nest (b) question (c) nose
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) nest (c) queen
- 10.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 11.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 12.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) net (c) octopus
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) red (b) monkey (c) parrot
- 15.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rice (b) peach (c) mango
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) olive (c) ox
- 17.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pen (b) moon (c) needle
- 18.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) mango (b) net (c) pear
- 19.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) pin
- 21.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) peach (b) road (c) mango
- 22.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 23.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rain (b) pizza (c) map
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) milk (c) rainbow
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) run
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) pin (c) rat
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) run
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) question (b) paint (c) rain
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) monkey (c) pan
- 30.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 31.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) peach (b) queen (c) run
- 33.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 34.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pan (b) mango (c) nest
- 36.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 37.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) needle (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) pear (c) milk
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) run
- 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
Answer key
- ox
- octopus
- nest
- red
- r
- nose
- o
- question
- queen
- q
- r
- p
- net
- parrot
- mango
- question
- moon
- net
- p
- mouse
- mango
- m
- map
- pen
- run
- olive
- milk
- rain
- monkey
- r
- n
- peach
- m
- o
- mango
- m
- olive
- pear
- nail
- n
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