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 “octopus”? (a) pen (b) ox (c) monkey
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) run (c) pear
- 3.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) pizza (c) pin
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nine (c) octopus
- 6.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) rainbow (b) pear (c) queen
- 7.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 9.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) mouse (b) rice (c) pizza
- 10.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) moon (b) nine (c) peach
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) nail (c) olive
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) rose (c) nose
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nut (c) nest
- 14.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) rain (c) robot
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) monkey
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) map (c) needle
- 17.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 18.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) pan (c) rice
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) question (b) red (c) paint
- 21.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 22.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) mouse (b) run (c) pear
- 24.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rat (b) olive (c) pig
- 25.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 26.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) milk (b) queen (c) octopus
- 27.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 28.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) potato
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) rain (c) pin
- 30.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 31.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nail (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rose (c) moon
- 33.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 34.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 35.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) octopus (c) rocket
- 37.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) run (b) nine (c) pin
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rainbow (c) net
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) monkey (c) potato
- 40.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
Answer key
- ox
- run
- m
- rice
- nine
- rainbow
- m
- q
- pizza
- nine
- nail
- rose
- queen
- olive
- ring
- map
- p
- r
- milk
- red
- r
- r
- run
- pig
- r
- octopus
- o
- monkey
- pin
- o
- ox
- nose
- m
- m
- n
- octopus
- nine
- rainbow
- potato
- n
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