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