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 “moon”? (a) pizza (b) rice (c) mouse
- 2.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) pig (c) run
- 4.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 5.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 6.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) red (b) nine (c) peach
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 8.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rose (b) pan (c) ox
- 10.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 11.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) road
- 13.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 14.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) parrot (c) rose
- 16.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pizza (b) olive (c) rain
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) nut (c) rocket
- 18.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) question (b) run (c) paint
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) nut (c) nest
- 20.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) run (b) monkey (c) pen
- 21.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) robot (b) queen (c) run
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) queen (c) potato
- 23.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rocket (b) pencil (c) ox
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 26.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 27.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) parrot
- 28.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pizza (b) question (c) nose
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) pin (c) olive
- 30.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) rocket (c) monkey
- 32.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) potato (b) monkey (c) paint
- 34.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) popcorn (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 35.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) nine
- 36.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) needle (b) question (c) rice
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) nose (c) pin
- 39.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) ring (b) mango (c) octopus
- 40.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) panda (b) rice (c) pig
Answer key
- mouse
- m
- pig
- n
- n
- nine
- octopus
- o
- ox
- r
- p
- ox
- m
- p
- mango
- olive
- nut
- paint
- mouse
- monkey
- queen
- queen
- p
- ox
- q
- r
- nut
- question
- pin
- m
- monkey
- m
- monkey
- popcorn
- nine
- o
- question
- nose
- mango
- rice
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