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.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) pencil (c) rabbit
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) map (c) pizza
- 4.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nail (b) pig (c) question
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) run (c) pin
- 7.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rocket (c) pin
- 9.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pizza (b) nine (c) paint
- 10.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) needle (b) run (c) olive
- 12.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) potato (b) pear (c) olive
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) pan (c) nose
- 15.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 16.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) pig (c) rocket
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pan (b) net (c) octopus
- 19.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) ox (b) mouse (c) paint
- 20.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) run (b) moon (c) nail
- 21.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) queen (b) peach (c) rat
- 22.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nine (b) question (c) rabbit
- 23.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) mango (b) robot (c) needle
- 24.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rat (b) octopus (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) pen (c) rainbow
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) pan (c) ox
- 27.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rabbit (b) pin (c) nut
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) queen (c) pencil
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) panda (c) monkey
- 30.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) rocket
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) nine (c) road
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) map
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) parrot
- 35.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 36.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 37.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) needle (b) pig (c) map
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) map (c) nut
- 39.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) paint (b) pin (c) run
Answer key
- r
- rabbit
- pizza
- m
- question
- run
- r
- nest
- nine
- o
- olive
- m
- olive
- pan
- r
- q
- rocket
- octopus
- mouse
- run
- rat
- question
- robot
- octopus
- rainbow
- nail
- rabbit
- pencil
- nut
- q
- ox
- road
- queen
- rat
- n
- n
- needle
- map
- n
- run
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