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 “octopus”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) pencil
- 2.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) rice (b) paint (c) mango
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pen (b) question (c) nest
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) monkey (c) rat
- 6.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) needle (b) olive (c) rose
- 7.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) run (b) moon (c) pencil
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) ox (c) run
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) parrot (b) olive (c) mango
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rainbow (c) net
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) question (c) rice
- 13.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) rain (c) moon
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) mouse (c) needle
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) needle
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) paint
- 19.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) ox (b) road (c) monkey
- 20.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) nine
- 22.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) monkey (b) milk (c) rose
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) pizza (c) nail
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) road (c) nest
- 26.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) milk (b) nose (c) parrot
- 27.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) milk (b) ring (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) road
- 29.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 30.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 31.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) octopus (b) parrot (c) rose
- 32.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) paint (b) mango (c) pin
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) milk (c) ox
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) mango (c) nut
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) rocket (c) mango
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) monkey (c) queen
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) potato (c) nut
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) paint (c) net
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) robot (c) nail
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) rain
Answer key
- ox
- p
- paint
- question
- rat
- rose
- o
- moon
- pizza
- olive
- rainbow
- map
- p
- moon
- mouse
- m
- octopus
- queen
- monkey
- m
- nine
- o
- rose
- nail
- road
- nose
- nest
- road
- n
- r
- rose
- mango
- ox
- mango
- rocket
- paint
- potato
- net
- robot
- nest
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