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 word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) rat
- 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) queen (c) popcorn
- 4.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) paint (c) ring
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) run
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) pizza (c) nest
- 8.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rabbit (b) popcorn (c) mouse
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) rose (c) mouse
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) milk (c) question
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) pin (c) milk
- 12.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) olive (b) map (c) needle
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 14.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rat (b) pan (c) ox
- 15.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pen (b) rose (c) question
- 16.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rat (b) red (c) popcorn
- 17.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 18.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 19.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) mango
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) peach
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) milk (c) queen
- 23.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 24.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) red (b) nest (c) peach
- 25.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nest (b) popcorn (c) road
- 26.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) panda
- 27.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 28.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) run (b) queen (c) paint
- 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 30.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 31.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pin (b) olive (c) nest
- 33.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 34.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pear
- 35.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 36.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) paint (c) rat
- 37.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) mouse
- 38.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ring (b) nut (c) rose
- 39.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rice (b) parrot (c) nut
- 40.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pencil
Answer key
- octopus
- m
- popcorn
- m
- ring
- mango
- pizza
- rabbit
- mouse
- question
- milk
- needle
- m
- ox
- rose
- popcorn
- r
- r
- n
- olive
- rose
- queen
- q
- nest
- nest
- nut
- m
- run
- q
- r
- o
- pin
- o
- nose
- r
- question
- mouse
- nut
- parrot
- olive
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