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