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 “robot”? (a) run (b) mango (c) pen
- 2.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) paint
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) red (c) moon
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) rain (c) queen
- 5.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) rose (b) panda (c) octopus
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) olive (c) pencil
- 7.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) milk (b) popcorn (c) rice
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) ox (c) needle
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) ox
- 10.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 11.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pizza (b) nail (c) monkey
- 12.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 13.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 14.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) panda (b) map (c) ox
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) pin
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) pencil
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pin (b) nut (c) octopus
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) robot
- 20.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) road
- 22.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 23.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) monkey (b) map (c) needle
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) rat (c) nut
- 26.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) rocket
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) monkey (c) pizza
- 28.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) net (c) moon
- 29.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) mango (c) rice
- 31.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) pen
- 32.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) road (b) pan (c) question
- 33.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) rain (c) rabbit
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) red (c) peach
- 35.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 36.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 37.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) olive (b) question (c) mango
- 38.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 39.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 40.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pan (b) monkey (c) pizza
Answer key
- run
- rat
- moon
- milk
- rose
- olive
- popcorn
- needle
- ox
- n
- pizza
- r
- p
- q
- ox
- pin
- mouse
- octopus
- robot
- m
- monkey
- p
- needle
- queen
- nut
- nose
- monkey
- queen
- o
- mango
- nine
- question
- octopus
- peach
- q
- o
- mango
- n
- n
- monkey
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