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.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 2.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) red (b) pen (c) robot
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) run
- 5.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) paint (b) pencil (c) rabbit
- 6.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) rocket (b) nose (c) rat
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) needle (c) pig
- 8.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 9.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 10.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 11.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 12.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) pan
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) rabbit
- 14.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 15.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) map (c) pencil
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rainbow (c) peach
- 17.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 18.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rice (b) pencil (c) olive
- 19.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 20.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 21.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 22.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) net (b) rose (c) pen
- 23.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) question (b) red (c) pan
- 24.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) needle (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) ring (c) queen
- 26.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) nail (b) rabbit (c) pear
- 27.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) map
- 29.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) run (b) nine (c) olive
- 30.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mango (b) queen (c) octopus
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) panda (c) parrot
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) net (b) ox (c) mouse
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pig (c) parrot
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) ring (c) panda
- 35.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) pin (c) rain
- 37.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) net (b) map (c) rocket
- 38.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) olive (b) pizza (c) road
- 39.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nail (b) queen (c) octopus
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) milk (c) rainbow
Answer key
- m
- n
- pen
- octopus
- rabbit
- nose
- pig
- o
- r
- m
- r
- mouse
- pear
- p
- question
- rainbow
- m
- olive
- n
- o
- n
- net
- red
- needle
- pen
- rabbit
- p
- olive
- olive
- queen
- monkey
- ox
- mango
- nose
- o
- rain
- map
- pizza
- octopus
- milk
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