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) nail (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 2.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) monkey
- 4.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 6.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 7.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pin (b) needle (c) mouse
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) pear (c) milk
- 9.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) ring (b) pear (c) nine
- 10.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) nut
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) needle
- 13.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) olive (b) parrot (c) net
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) nine
- 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 16.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rat (b) pencil (c) ox
- 17.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) parrot
- 18.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) run (b) olive (c) rain
- 19.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 20.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nine (b) mouse (c) net
- 21.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 22.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) rocket
- 23.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) olive
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rocket (b) question (c) pig
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) nail (c) net
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) pizza (c) rabbit
- 27.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nut (b) milk (c) net
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) ox (c) queen
- 29.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) pin (c) needle
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) red (c) pear
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) ring (c) nest
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) peach (b) rice (c) queen
- 33.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 34.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) rice
- 35.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 36.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 37.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) popcorn (b) nail (c) queen
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) ring (c) nose
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) peach (c) mango
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) run (c) map
Answer key
- octopus
- n
- needle
- p
- mouse
- r
- mouse
- milk
- nine
- m
- monkey
- mango
- parrot
- olive
- o
- rat
- milk
- olive
- p
- mouse
- p
- mango
- nut
- question
- rainbow
- rabbit
- milk
- run
- monkey
- pear
- nest
- queen
- q
- queen
- r
- o
- popcorn
- nose
- peach
- map
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