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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 2.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mouse (b) pen (c) queen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) potato
- 4.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) map
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) nest (c) paint
- 6.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) peach (b) run (c) net
- 7.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 8.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) map (c) nest
- 10.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 11.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 12.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) road (c) milk
- 14.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 15.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 17.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 18.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) panda (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) road (c) moon
- 20.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pencil (b) mouse (c) nose
- 21.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) nail (c) pan
- 23.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) pen (b) parrot (c) run
- 25.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) nut (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) nose
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) mango
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) rainbow (c) nest
- 30.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rat (b) nail (c) pig
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) parrot (c) rat
- 33.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 34.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) panda (c) rat
- 36.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nut (c) mouse
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) question
- 38.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 39.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rain (b) olive (c) nose
- 40.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) pig (b) rain (c) moon
Answer key
- q
- queen
- ring
- map
- nest
- run
- r
- n
- map
- p
- n
- p
- milk
- o
- r
- m
- o
- olive
- moon
- mouse
- p
- nail
- n
- run
- p
- nut
- mouse
- mango
- rainbow
- pig
- rabbit
- rat
- m
- p
- panda
- question
- question
- r
- nose
- pig
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