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 “monkey”? (a) moon (b) octopus (c) panda
- 2.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 3.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) potato (b) rose (c) octopus
- 4.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) robot (b) needle (c) map
- 5.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) road (b) monkey (c) nine
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) moon (c) parrot
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) potato (c) mouse
- 8.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) nose (c) peach
- 10.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pan (b) pig (c) olive
- 11.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) map
- 13.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) robot (b) red (c) pear
- 14.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) map (c) nose
- 16.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) milk (b) question (c) road
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) ox
- 18.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pig (b) paint (c) nose
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) pan (c) pear
- 20.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) run (b) nose (c) peach
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) ring (b) olive (c) moon
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) pin (c) potato
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) rat (c) moon
- 24.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pizza (b) olive (c) pan
- 26.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) potato (b) run (c) question
- 28.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 29.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 30.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) net
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) queen (c) pin
- 32.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) rabbit
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) rocket (c) queen
- 34.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 35.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) nine (b) red (c) pizza
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nut (c) panda
- 37.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) rocket (b) nest (c) monkey
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) potato (b) rat (c) octopus
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) red (c) popcorn
Answer key
- moon
- o
- rose
- needle
- road
- moon
- mouse
- r
- question
- olive
- m
- map
- pear
- p
- pear
- question
- ox
- nose
- road
- peach
- olive
- rainbow
- pizza
- r
- olive
- p
- potato
- r
- n
- mango
- queen
- nest
- rocket
- q
- red
- nut
- o
- rocket
- octopus
- red
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