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