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) nine (c) net
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) nut (c) mouse
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) monkey (b) queen (c) pan
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) net (c) octopus
- 5.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 6.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) paint (b) queen (c) nut
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) ring (c) olive
- 9.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rainbow (b) panda (c) octopus
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pig (b) mouse (c) robot
- 11.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pen (b) pan (c) robot
- 12.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) panda (b) nut (c) road
- 13.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) road
- 15.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 16.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 17.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) rocket (b) pear (c) mouse
- 18.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) map (c) nose
- 20.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) map (b) question (c) robot
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) red (c) nose
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) question (c) rose
- 23.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) map (b) rice (c) pig
- 25.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) map (b) nail (c) nut
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) nut (c) mouse
- 27.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) rice
- 29.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) octopus (b) net (c) moon
- 30.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nest (c) monkey
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) nine (c) pen
- 33.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 34.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 35.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) octopus (b) popcorn (c) needle
- 36.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rice (b) nine (c) run
- 37.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 38.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 39.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 40.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
Answer key
- ox
- mouse
- queen
- octopus
- n
- p
- queen
- olive
- rainbow
- robot
- robot
- nut
- n
- monkey
- m
- o
- rocket
- n
- nose
- question
- red
- rose
- r
- rice
- map
- nut
- o
- rice
- moon
- olive
- nest
- nine
- m
- p
- needle
- nine
- q
- n
- p
- r
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