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) nest (b) peach (c) rice
- 2.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) run (c) map
- 3.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) peach (b) mango (c) pen
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rocket (b) olive (c) robot
- 5.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) red (c) octopus
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) paint (c) queen
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) rain (c) milk
- 9.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) pear (c) mouse
- 10.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 11.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pear (b) peach (c) olive
- 12.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) pizza (b) rain (c) monkey
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) parrot (c) rabbit
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) run
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) rat
- 16.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) paint (c) question
- 17.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) ring (c) queen
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pin (b) question (c) rat
- 20.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 21.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 22.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) pan
- 23.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) map
- 24.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pen (b) road (c) monkey
- 25.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) paint (b) popcorn (c) queen
- 26.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) pencil (b) moon (c) rocket
- 27.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 28.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) ox
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) parrot (c) pig
- 30.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) nut
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) rain (c) octopus
- 32.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) pan (c) monkey
- 34.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 35.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 36.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 37.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 38.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 39.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) mouse (b) pen (c) rocket
- 40.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pan
Answer key
- peach
- question
- mango
- olive
- m
- mango
- paint
- milk
- nose
- o
- olive
- rain
- parrot
- mouse
- nose
- mango
- r
- queen
- question
- m
- q
- pan
- ox
- pen
- queen
- rocket
- o
- peach
- nail
- ring
- rain
- m
- pan
- o
- p
- r
- r
- p
- rocket
- pan
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