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