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.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) question (b) ox (c) map
- 3.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) rabbit
- 4.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pig (b) nail (c) mouse
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) parrot (c) octopus
- 7.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) red
- 8.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 9.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) moon (b) pen (c) pin
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) question (c) monkey
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) pan (c) rat
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) nut (c) red
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) map (c) peach
- 14.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pen (b) question (c) nose
- 15.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 16.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rose (c) question
- 18.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 19.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) potato (b) rainbow (c) map
- 20.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) pizza
- 21.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) net (b) pizza (c) queen
- 22.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) ox (b) rain (c) moon
- 24.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 25.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) panda (b) octopus (c) nose
- 26.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 27.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) question (c) run
- 29.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) needle (c) queen
- 31.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) parrot (b) nail (c) pan
- 32.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nine (b) potato (c) olive
- 33.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) pen (b) ring (c) mouse
- 34.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) ox (b) octopus (c) mango
- 35.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) potato (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 36.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) run (b) pear (c) potato
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) rose
- 38.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 39.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) rose (c) pin
Answer key
- p
- ox
- rabbit
- p
- mouse
- milk
- monkey
- n
- moon
- question
- rat
- red
- map
- question
- p
- o
- net
- q
- rainbow
- pizza
- queen
- r
- moon
- m
- nose
- n
- o
- olive
- p
- queen
- nail
- olive
- pen
- mango
- rainbow
- run
- monkey
- r
- r
- pin
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