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) moon (b) nose (c) ox
- 2.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pig (b) milk (c) net
- 3.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) pencil
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rain (c) pear
- 6.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) mouse (c) olive
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 9.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) map (c) robot
- 11.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nest (b) panda (c) monkey
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rabbit (b) queen (c) octopus
- 13.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) pizza (b) nose (c) rainbow
- 14.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) parrot (b) map (c) mango
- 15.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 16.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) popcorn (b) nut (c) rainbow
- 17.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 18.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) nut
- 19.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pear (c) pizza
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) mango (c) potato
- 22.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) octopus (b) ox (c) milk
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) needle (c) map
- 24.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) moon (b) robot (c) ox
- 25.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rain (b) needle (c) question
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) popcorn (c) moon
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) nose (c) rose
- 28.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rose (b) octopus (c) paint
- 29.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) map (c) rain
- 31.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pear (b) nest (c) rocket
- 32.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rainbow (b) olive (c) run
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) pencil (c) pear
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) net (c) red
- 36.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) pig (c) map
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rat (c) rose
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) red
- 40.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) rose
Answer key
- ox
- milk
- n
- pencil
- rain
- r
- olive
- q
- n
- queen
- nest
- octopus
- pizza
- parrot
- m
- nut
- r
- milk
- n
- queen
- mango
- milk
- needle
- ox
- question
- moon
- rose
- rose
- n
- map
- nest
- n
- olive
- nut
- net
- p
- pig
- question
- red
- nose
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