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 “paint”? (a) run (b) nest (c) pen
- 2.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) mouse (c) nail
- 4.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) queen
- 5.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 6.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 7.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) needle (b) peach (c) net
- 9.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 10.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 11.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 12.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) milk (b) rice (c) nut
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) net (c) paint
- 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 15.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 16.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) paint (b) monkey (c) ox
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) nine (c) mouse
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pan
- 19.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) moon (b) rat (c) queen
- 20.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) question
- 21.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 22.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nine (b) mango (c) olive
- 23.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) paint (b) rainbow (c) nut
- 24.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 25.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rain (c) olive
- 27.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) octopus (b) pencil (c) moon
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) olive (c) peach
- 29.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) nine (b) parrot (c) net
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rainbow (b) nut (c) road
- 31.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rocket (b) pin (c) ox
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) road (c) pencil
- 33.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 34.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) potato (b) rainbow (c) pear
- 35.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rocket (b) mango (c) parrot
- 36.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) red (b) pig (c) ring
- 37.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) pig (b) ox (c) mango
- 38.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 39.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) nose
- 40.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) run (b) moon (c) panda
Answer key
- pen
- q
- rose
- queen
- m
- n
- n
- peach
- m
- r
- n
- milk
- paint
- o
- r
- paint
- mouse
- olive
- rat
- nine
- m
- olive
- rainbow
- r
- r
- nest
- pencil
- question
- parrot
- nut
- ox
- road
- p
- rainbow
- parrot
- pig
- pig
- p
- nose
- moon
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