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 “o”? (a) nose (b) ox (c) rose
- 2.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) needle (b) question (c) rice
- 3.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) needle (b) monkey (c) rabbit
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) robot (c) moon
- 5.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) needle (b) pan (c) rainbow
- 6.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 7.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pear (b) red (c) mouse
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) rocket (c) parrot
- 9.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 10.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pizza (b) nut (c) mouse
- 11.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 12.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nose (b) red (c) pencil
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) rabbit (c) octopus
- 14.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) red (b) rocket (c) octopus
- 15.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) red (b) pin (c) mango
- 16.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) robot (c) nine
- 18.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) monkey (b) rain (c) nine
- 19.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) question (b) rain (c) potato
- 21.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 22.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) monkey (b) robot (c) question
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) map (b) needle (c) queen
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) potato (c) mouse
- 25.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 26.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) parrot (b) robot (c) queen
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) parrot
- 28.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 29.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rocket (b) mango (c) net
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) pin (c) olive
- 31.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) monkey (b) parrot (c) rocket
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) pin (c) nose
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) pig (c) mango
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) pear (c) nut
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) rainbow (c) pencil
- 36.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 37.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 38.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 39.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) octopus (b) rat (c) olive
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) peach (c) rose
Answer key
- ox
- needle
- rabbit
- moon
- needle
- m
- mouse
- parrot
- o
- nut
- m
- nose
- rabbit
- octopus
- mango
- q
- pizza
- nine
- q
- rain
- n
- monkey
- queen
- potato
- m
- queen
- monkey
- n
- net
- olive
- rocket
- nose
- mango
- nut
- rainbow
- r
- p
- o
- rat
- rose
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