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 “m”? (a) pen (b) map (c) paint
- 2.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) pear (b) mango (c) ring
- 3.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) paint (b) rain (c) octopus
- 5.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 6.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) needle (b) moon (c) rice
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) nose (b) nest (c) pencil
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) needle (b) question (c) rainbow
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) octopus (c) pear
- 11.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) popcorn (b) pen (c) rose
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) mango (c) road
- 13.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 14.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) rose (b) mango (c) ox
- 15.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nose (b) moon (c) pan
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) pear (c) rose
- 17.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 18.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) mango (c) paint
- 19.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 20.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 21.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) run (b) map (c) road
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) run (c) parrot
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) potato (c) net
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) milk (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) panda (c) net
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) net (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) nose (c) robot
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) red (c) nose
- 29.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) rainbow
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pen (b) panda (c) question
- 32.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) nest (c) pencil
- 34.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 35.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) queen
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) run
- 37.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) octopus (c) rat
- 38.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) mango
- 39.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 40.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
Answer key
- map
- pear
- q
- octopus
- r
- rice
- q
- pencil
- question
- octopus
- rose
- road
- r
- mango
- moon
- olive
- m
- ox
- m
- m
- map
- parrot
- potato
- queen
- net
- milk
- nose
- red
- o
- nest
- question
- n
- map
- r
- run
- moon
- mango
- potato
- o
- n
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