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 “question”? (a) queen (b) panda (c) red
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) road (c) pan
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) moon (c) nine
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) rainbow (c) map
- 5.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) monkey (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 6.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rabbit (b) pear (c) mouse
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rose (c) road
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) paint (b) rose (c) queen
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) moon (c) run
- 10.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) pizza
- 12.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) net (c) pan
- 13.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 14.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nose (b) mango (c) nail
- 15.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rabbit (b) milk (c) pen
- 16.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) popcorn (c) octopus
- 18.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 19.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) moon (b) milk (c) nose
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) paint
- 21.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 22.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) robot (c) peach
- 24.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 25.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pear (b) rice (c) nine
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nut (b) question (c) rose
- 28.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) popcorn (b) mango (c) rabbit
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) rainbow
- 30.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 31.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) parrot (b) pig (c) rain
- 33.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 34.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 35.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 36.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rocket (b) potato (c) run
- 37.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) queen (b) rocket (c) map
- 38.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) octopus (b) mango (c) nose
- 39.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) queen (b) pencil (c) moon
- 40.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) nail (c) pin
Answer key
- queen
- road
- moon
- map
- ox
- mouse
- octopus
- queen
- run
- m
- olive
- mango
- n
- mango
- rabbit
- r
- popcorn
- m
- nose
- olive
- r
- m
- peach
- p
- nine
- pizza
- question
- mango
- mango
- o
- q
- rain
- p
- o
- r
- potato
- map
- mango
- moon
- map
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