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 “rain”? (a) pig (b) monkey (c) rat
- 2.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) nose (b) needle (c) milk
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) net (c) panda
- 4.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) queen (c) mango
- 6.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rat (b) octopus (c) paint
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pen (c) mango
- 8.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 9.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 10.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 11.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) monkey
- 13.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ring (b) question (c) nail
- 15.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) pig (c) rose
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) paint (c) nest
- 18.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) nail
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) needle (c) robot
- 20.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nut (b) nine (c) ox
- 21.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 22.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 23.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rat (b) monkey (c) question
- 25.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pin (b) robot (c) octopus
- 26.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) pan
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) question (b) octopus (c) red
- 29.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) rainbow
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) olive
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) nose
- 32.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 33.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 34.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) needle (c) panda
- 35.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) panda (b) nine (c) mouse
- 36.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) moon (c) peach
- 38.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) rice (c) parrot
- 40.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) map (b) paint (c) ox
Answer key
- rat
- milk
- ox
- o
- queen
- octopus
- mango
- m
- m
- p
- o
- potato
- n
- question
- q
- rose
- milk
- peach
- needle
- ox
- p
- p
- n
- monkey
- octopus
- m
- nest
- red
- monkey
- map
- olive
- q
- n
- question
- mouse
- p
- peach
- n
- rice
- ox
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