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 “rainbow”? (a) popcorn (b) robot (c) moon
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) mouse (c) panda
- 3.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) queen (c) nail
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) red
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) peach (b) nose (c) olive
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pin (c) pear
- 7.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) paint (b) mouse (c) net
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) octopus (c) rose
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 10.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) monkey
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) peach (c) moon
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) parrot (c) mango
- 14.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mouse (b) queen (c) nest
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) olive (c) peach
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 17.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 18.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 19.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) road (c) pan
- 20.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) rice
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) question (b) pig (c) octopus
- 22.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 23.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pan (c) parrot
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) rat (c) mango
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nine (c) rabbit
- 26.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) rocket (b) rice (c) pen
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) mouse (c) ox
- 28.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 29.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) nest (c) panda
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) milk (c) run
- 31.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) paint (b) rain (c) nest
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) rat (c) monkey
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) net (c) rainbow
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pig (b) net (c) mouse
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) ox (c) pen
- 37.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) nut (b) pin (c) milk
- 38.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 39.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) rat
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) popcorn (c) potato
Answer key
- robot
- panda
- ox
- red
- olive
- mango
- paint
- mouse
- o
- p
- pizza
- moon
- parrot
- queen
- road
- m
- m
- o
- moon
- rice
- octopus
- n
- question
- pear
- octopus
- pen
- ox
- r
- monkey
- run
- r
- rain
- rat
- rainbow
- mouse
- pen
- pin
- r
- mango
- nine
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