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 word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) pin
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) rat (c) nine
- 3.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) nine (b) pan (c) net
- 4.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) rice (c) octopus
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 7.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) ox (b) parrot (c) moon
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) net
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) map (c) rocket
- 11.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 12.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 13.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) potato (c) red
- 14.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) octopus (b) road (c) pig
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) robot (c) pizza
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) pig (c) map
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pin (b) ox (c) milk
- 18.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) run (b) mango (c) nut
- 19.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pear (b) monkey (c) road
- 20.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) rice (c) ox
- 22.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) moon (c) nut
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) question (c) road
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) rabbit (c) rain
- 27.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 28.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) mango (c) nose
- 30.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) question (b) queen (c) monkey
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) robot (b) nose (c) question
- 32.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) nail (c) rabbit
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) nest (c) monkey
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) queen (b) nine (c) map
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) rose (c) paint
- 37.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) parrot (b) red (c) octopus
- 38.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) run (b) pizza (c) rice
- 39.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) nail (b) octopus (c) potato
Answer key
- mouse
- milk
- pan
- m
- rice
- nine
- p
- moon
- monkey
- rocket
- q
- r
- question
- pig
- pizza
- map
- ox
- run
- monkey
- n
- ox
- m
- q
- queen
- road
- olive
- r
- o
- pen
- monkey
- question
- m
- mango
- nest
- map
- rose
- octopus
- pizza
- n
- potato
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