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