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 “question”? (a) olive (b) red (c) queen
- 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) olive
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pan (b) ox (c) paint
- 5.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) rocket (c) milk
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) red (b) pen (c) queen
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) robot
- 9.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) olive (b) net (c) pen
- 10.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) rose (c) rainbow
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pan (b) mouse (c) question
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nut (b) moon (c) rose
- 13.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 14.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 15.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) red (b) map (c) pan
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) mango (c) pan
- 17.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rice (b) red (c) monkey
- 18.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 20.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nail (b) pig (c) rose
- 21.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) moon
- 23.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mango (b) nine (c) octopus
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) question
- 25.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) run (b) ox (c) net
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pig (b) pan (c) rose
- 28.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) question
- 29.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) nine (c) queen
- 31.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) rice
- 32.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 33.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) mouse (b) rabbit (c) pin
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) mouse (c) map
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) peach
- 36.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 37.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 38.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 39.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nail (b) question (c) potato
Answer key
- queen
- o
- olive
- ox
- n
- milk
- queen
- octopus
- net
- moon
- question
- moon
- r
- n
- pan
- mango
- monkey
- m
- q
- nail
- m
- rat
- mango
- olive
- o
- ox
- rose
- question
- p
- ring
- nail
- o
- rabbit
- paint
- moon
- p
- m
- r
- r
- potato
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