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