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