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