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