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