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 “p”? (a) rainbow (b) question (c) pen
- 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 3.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nail (b) pencil (c) rabbit
- 4.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) peach (b) queen (c) olive
- 6.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) olive (b) nine (c) robot
- 7.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) net (c) monkey
- 9.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 10.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) map (b) rabbit (c) peach
- 11.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) rat (b) nose (c) peach
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) net (c) rocket
- 13.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) nest (c) rose
- 16.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 17.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) nut (c) queen
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) rat (c) needle
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) rat
- 21.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) moon (b) question (c) queen
- 22.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) octopus (b) nine (c) rice
- 23.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) run (b) rose (c) needle
- 24.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nose (b) question (c) octopus
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) nut (c) ring
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) rainbow (c) olive
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) rain (c) rocket
- 28.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) potato (b) net (c) octopus
- 29.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 30.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 31.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 32.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) moon
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) nut
- 34.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 35.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 36.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 37.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 38.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) rain
- 40.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) pen (b) run (c) rainbow
Answer key
- pen
- o
- rabbit
- o
- olive
- nine
- r
- net
- p
- rabbit
- peach
- rocket
- m
- octopus
- nest
- m
- m
- queen
- octopus
- rat
- moon
- nine
- needle
- question
- ring
- rainbow
- milk
- potato
- r
- n
- m
- pig
- nut
- p
- r
- q
- p
- m
- rain
- pen
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