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) nine (b) parrot (c) octopus
- 2.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pencil (b) ring (c) queen
- 3.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) pencil (c) rat
- 5.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 7.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 8.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) mouse (b) pig (c) question
- 9.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 10.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) nose
- 11.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 12.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) paint (b) question (c) nut
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) question (c) nose
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) road (c) octopus
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) potato (b) pencil (c) queen
- 16.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 17.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nose (b) rat (c) peach
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) peach (c) moon
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) pen (c) rose
- 20.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 21.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pin (c) ox
- 23.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) mango (b) rice (c) nine
- 24.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) needle (b) pen (c) nose
- 25.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) peach (b) nail (c) rice
- 26.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nest (c) potato
- 28.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 29.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) rice (c) nut
- 30.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pin (b) nut (c) moon
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) road (b) olive (c) net
- 32.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) rain (c) pizza
- 34.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) nail (c) pin
- 36.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 37.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) red (b) mouse (c) popcorn
- 38.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) popcorn
- 39.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) nose (b) nail (c) rose
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) nose (c) nine
Answer key
- octopus
- queen
- q
- rat
- p
- m
- n
- pig
- r
- moon
- n
- question
- nose
- net
- queen
- o
- nose
- moon
- rose
- m
- p
- pin
- nine
- pen
- peach
- r
- nest
- o
- ox
- moon
- olive
- n
- pizza
- p
- question
- p
- mouse
- popcorn
- rose
- rain
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