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 “n”? (a) paint (b) net (c) popcorn
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) milk
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) parrot (c) red
- 4.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) milk (b) queen (c) pizza
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) rocket (c) pig
- 7.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 8.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) monkey
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) rice (c) monkey
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) potato (c) moon
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rain (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 12.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) milk (b) octopus (c) robot
- 14.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) rabbit (c) pen
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pig (b) pin (c) octopus
- 18.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rocket (b) pencil (c) olive
- 20.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) peach (c) milk
- 22.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pan (b) octopus (c) run
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) parrot (c) rose
- 24.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nest (b) nut (c) map
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pan (b) ox (c) question
- 26.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rocket (b) queen (c) nut
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) nail (c) road
- 28.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) nose
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) road (c) pencil
- 30.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) run (b) pizza (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) rat
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) rice (c) nine
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) monkey
- 34.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nine (b) rose (c) paint
- 35.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 36.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 37.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) rocket (c) nine
- 39.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) nail (b) pizza (c) run
- 40.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
Answer key
- net
- olive
- red
- o
- milk
- rocket
- r
- monkey
- monkey
- moon
- ox
- o
- octopus
- p
- map
- pen
- octopus
- n
- olive
- n
- milk
- pan
- parrot
- map
- ox
- queen
- road
- milk
- nut
- run
- nest
- rice
- popcorn
- rose
- p
- q
- r
- pan
- pizza
- r
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