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 “monkey”? (a) pencil (b) moon (c) pen
- 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 3.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 4.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) red (b) needle (c) ox
- 5.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mouse (b) rocket (c) question
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) queen
- 7.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) popcorn (b) queen (c) mouse
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) paint (c) pizza
- 9.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) parrot (b) map (c) moon
- 10.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 11.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 12.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) red (b) pig (c) rose
- 14.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) moon (b) ring (c) pencil
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) nail (c) milk
- 16.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) robot (b) popcorn (c) nest
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) nut (c) mouse
- 18.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 19.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pig (b) ring (c) ox
- 21.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) peach (b) map (c) rocket
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) pear (c) ox
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) red (c) mango
- 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) net (c) map
- 25.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 26.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) nine (c) map
- 28.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) parrot (b) panda (c) map
- 29.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) pencil
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 31.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) rocket (c) nail
- 33.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 34.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) question (c) peach
- 36.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) milk (b) mouse (c) nail
- 37.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) nut
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) milk (b) pencil (c) ox
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) needle (c) milk
- 40.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) olive
Answer key
- moon
- m
- m
- ox
- question
- olive
- queen
- rain
- parrot
- o
- p
- r
- pig
- moon
- milk
- popcorn
- nut
- n
- n
- ox
- peach
- mouse
- mango
- olive
- r
- m
- map
- map
- moon
- o
- q
- mango
- p
- p
- question
- nail
- rose
- ox
- needle
- mouse
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