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 “p”? (a) pencil (b) mouse (c) queen
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) potato (c) rocket
- 3.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) pin (c) mouse
- 5.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pan (b) rose (c) map
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pin (b) moon (c) octopus
- 7.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 8.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pencil (b) road (c) milk
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) octopus (c) pear
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) red (c) pig
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) red (c) needle
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) pear
- 14.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) milk
- 16.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 17.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) potato
- 18.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) monkey
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) queen
- 21.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) net (b) red (c) map
- 22.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 23.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 24.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 25.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) moon (b) nest (c) pan
- 26.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 27.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rainbow (b) rat (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) mouse (b) nest (c) pen
- 29.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 30.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) popcorn (b) parrot (c) run
- 31.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) moon
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) rain (c) nail
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) ring (c) ox
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) mango (c) paint
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pig (b) queen (c) nose
- 36.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) olive (b) octopus (c) nose
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) rat (c) olive
- 38.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 39.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) pin
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) road (c) needle
Answer key
- pencil
- potato
- o
- olive
- pan
- octopus
- p
- milk
- mouse
- pig
- q
- pen
- needle
- r
- nine
- p
- nut
- m
- octopus
- queen
- map
- r
- m
- o
- pan
- o
- nest
- pen
- r
- run
- moon
- rain
- ox
- paint
- queen
- nose
- monkey
- q
- nest
- parrot
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