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