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