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