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 “red”? (a) peach (b) rice (c) pear
- 2.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) nail
- 3.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) popcorn (c) olive
- 5.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 6.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rain (c) ring
- 8.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) rabbit (c) ring
- 10.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) popcorn (c) rocket
- 12.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) red (c) rat
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) pizza (c) rabbit
- 15.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) nest (b) map (c) rocket
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) rat (c) map
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) nine (c) needle
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) ox
- 19.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 20.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pear (b) ox (c) map
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) olive (c) nine
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) octopus
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) robot (c) rain
- 25.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) net (b) octopus (c) pig
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rat (b) net (c) octopus
- 27.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 28.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 29.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) mouse (b) needle (c) robot
- 30.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) mango (c) popcorn
- 32.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 33.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) mouse (b) rocket (c) rabbit
- 34.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) rose (b) nest (c) map
- 35.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) question (b) run (c) ox
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) mango (c) rose
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) pan (c) nest
- 38.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) net (c) moon
- 40.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) moon (b) rice (c) popcorn
Answer key
- rice
- octopus
- n
- olive
- o
- o
- question
- n
- pear
- p
- popcorn
- n
- nose
- needle
- rocket
- map
- question
- ox
- r
- q
- ox
- nine
- pizza
- moon
- pig
- octopus
- q
- p
- needle
- p
- mango
- o
- mouse
- nest
- ox
- rose
- pan
- n
- queen
- rice
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