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 “m”? (a) map (b) olive (c) rainbow
- 2.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) rice
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) needle (b) olive (c) rainbow
- 5.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rainbow (b) moon (c) ox
- 6.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pencil (b) pen (c) mouse
- 7.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) road (c) ring
- 8.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rain (b) map (c) pizza
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) milk (b) nail (c) ox
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 12.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) peach (b) road (c) octopus
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 14.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 15.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 16.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) run (b) octopus (c) peach
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) pen
- 19.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 20.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) queen (b) popcorn (c) milk
- 21.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pin (b) net (c) pizza
- 22.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 23.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) moon (b) panda (c) nose
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) moon
- 26.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) net
- 27.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 28.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) road (b) panda (c) rice
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) pin
- 30.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) milk (b) potato (c) nose
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) needle (c) rainbow
- 32.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 33.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) question (b) nut (c) rice
- 34.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) robot (c) octopus
- 36.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 37.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) nut
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rabbit (c) mouse
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) pin
- 40.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) needle
Answer key
- map
- p
- ox
- olive
- rainbow
- mouse
- octopus
- map
- o
- milk
- q
- peach
- o
- m
- q
- r
- octopus
- pen
- m
- milk
- net
- r
- n
- panda
- olive
- monkey
- n
- panda
- nail
- nose
- mouse
- r
- rice
- p
- mango
- m
- question
- rabbit
- queen
- milk
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