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