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