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 picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) robot (c) nut
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) run (c) red
- 3.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 4.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) question (c) pizza
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) pin (c) run
- 7.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 8.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) rabbit
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) queen
- 10.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) nose (c) ox
- 12.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 13.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) red (b) question (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) pin (c) peach
- 15.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) map (b) olive (c) ring
- 16.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) mango (c) pencil
- 18.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) mouse (b) pin (c) ring
- 19.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) moon (c) needle
- 20.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 21.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 22.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) milk (b) pizza (c) ring
- 23.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nest (b) pencil (c) rat
- 24.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) moon (b) pizza (c) nose
- 25.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 26.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 27.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) pen (c) potato
- 28.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 29.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 30.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) moon
- 31.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) road (b) potato (c) nose
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) pear
- 33.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) monkey (b) queen (c) ring
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) octopus (c) pear
- 36.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 37.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) pen (b) nose (c) rabbit
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) paint (c) nut
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) moon (c) road
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) potato (c) net
Answer key
- question
- pen
- r
- o
- pizza
- nose
- m
- octopus
- olive
- q
- ox
- r
- ox
- nail
- olive
- n
- road
- pin
- olive
- m
- p
- ring
- nest
- pizza
- p
- q
- monkey
- n
- p
- moon
- potato
- pear
- m
- queen
- red
- r
- pen
- paint
- nut
- potato
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