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) rain (b) mango (c) nut
- 2.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nest (b) monkey (c) moon
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) pear (c) rabbit
- 4.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 5.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 6.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) peach (c) pan
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) peach (c) moon
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) run
- 9.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) road (b) nine (c) octopus
- 10.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) ox (c) pizza
- 11.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 12.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) nest (c) question
- 14.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nut (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) peach (c) paint
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) rice (c) pear
- 18.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rose (b) pen (c) olive
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) ox (c) pear
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) map (c) rose
- 21.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) milk (b) rose (c) nine
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) pin (c) robot
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) road (b) rain (c) mouse
- 24.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) run (b) map (c) paint
- 25.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) pin (b) nest (c) rice
- 26.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) popcorn (c) needle
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) parrot (c) rabbit
- 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) needle
- 31.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 32.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 33.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pig (b) ox (c) rocket
- 35.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pizza (b) run (c) map
- 36.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) panda (b) robot (c) nut
- 37.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) pig (c) olive
- 38.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) rocket
- 39.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) panda (b) ox (c) moon
- 40.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) mouse (b) nine (c) rose
Answer key
- rain
- nest
- pear
- r
- p
- question
- nut
- map
- octopus
- ox
- o
- r
- nest
- m
- queen
- nine
- queen
- pen
- question
- olive
- nine
- robot
- mouse
- map
- rice
- r
- needle
- parrot
- q
- octopus
- m
- n
- n
- rocket
- map
- nut
- olive
- rocket
- moon
- rose
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