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 “ox”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 2.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 3.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 4.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rat (b) pear (c) popcorn
- 5.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 6.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 7.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) peach (b) queen (c) net
- 8.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) pen (b) octopus (c) mango
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nail (b) rainbow (c) question
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) olive (c) ox
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) question
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) rain (c) pencil
- 13.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rose (b) pin (c) nut
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) ox
- 15.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) ring (c) queen
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) milk
- 18.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) moon (c) rat
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) rice (c) mouse
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 22.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) map (c) panda
- 24.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) ring (c) robot
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) mango (c) robot
- 26.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) parrot
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) monkey (c) nail
- 28.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rat (b) pen (c) milk
- 29.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 30.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 31.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) pin
- 32.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) panda (b) monkey (c) nut
- 33.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) rose
- 34.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) potato
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) moon
- 37.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rice (b) nest (c) ox
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) pig (c) needle
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) pin (c) ring
Answer key
- olive
- n
- o
- rat
- r
- r
- queen
- pen
- question
- run
- moon
- ox
- nut
- rainbow
- o
- queen
- pear
- q
- nut
- mouse
- octopus
- n
- map
- ox
- pin
- milk
- monkey
- milk
- p
- m
- octopus
- panda
- needle
- m
- potato
- olive
- q
- ox
- milk
- ring
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