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 word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) nut (c) moon
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pen (b) nest (c) ox
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) red (c) mouse
- 4.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pizza (b) mango (c) rice
- 5.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pizza (b) needle (c) map
- 6.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 7.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) question (b) nose (c) rainbow
- 8.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) paint (c) run
- 10.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nose (b) pear (c) monkey
- 11.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) queen (b) pear (c) olive
- 13.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) potato (b) ring (c) mouse
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) rat (c) pizza
- 15.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) question
- 17.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) question (b) octopus (c) pen
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rose (b) ox (c) road
- 20.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 21.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) queen (b) rainbow (c) popcorn
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) rocket (c) milk
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pin (c) pencil
- 24.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 25.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) pig (b) ring (c) map
- 26.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) mango
- 28.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 29.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 30.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 31.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) net (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 32.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 33.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 34.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nest (b) red (c) parrot
- 35.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 36.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) rose (b) popcorn (c) mango
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) ox
- 38.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 39.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) pencil (b) run (c) road
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) nine (c) pig
Answer key
- rocket
- ox
- mouse
- pizza
- pizza
- r
- nose
- n
- paint
- monkey
- p
- pear
- ring
- pizza
- q
- question
- o
- octopus
- ox
- n
- popcorn
- milk
- mango
- o
- ring
- p
- olive
- r
- r
- n
- octopus
- n
- q
- nest
- o
- rose
- ring
- r
- pencil
- nine
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