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