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) octopus (b) pear (c) milk
- 2.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) run (b) nose (c) pen
- 3.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) queen (c) rose
- 5.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) rocket
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) rat (c) pan
- 7.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 8.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 10.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) moon (b) ring (c) pizza
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) pear (c) octopus
- 12.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 13.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) monkey (b) rocket (c) nut
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) pizza (c) robot
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) mouse (c) rainbow
- 16.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 17.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) road (b) monkey (c) parrot
- 18.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 19.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pear (b) olive (c) question
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) rice (c) nest
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) question (c) pizza
- 22.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) olive
- 23.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 25.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) pan (c) nut
- 26.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pizza (c) pear
- 28.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) pen (b) run (c) nose
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) robot
- 30.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) queen (c) needle
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) nest
- 32.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pencil (b) rocket (c) mango
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) ring (c) nail
- 35.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) potato (b) map (c) rain
- 36.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) map (b) pizza (c) octopus
- 37.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) robot (b) ring (c) monkey
- 39.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) robot (b) pin (c) monkey
- 40.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
Answer key
- octopus
- pen
- m
- queen
- pizza
- rat
- p
- m
- o
- pizza
- rainbow
- m
- nut
- pizza
- mouse
- r
- parrot
- p
- question
- rice
- question
- rat
- r
- q
- ox
- p
- olive
- pen
- robot
- map
- nest
- q
- pencil
- nail
- rain
- map
- o
- monkey
- robot
- p
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