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) robot (b) queen (c) mouse
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) question (b) ox (c) nail
- 3.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pin (b) potato (c) nine
- 4.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) nest
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) nose (c) pencil
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pan (b) question (c) ring
- 8.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) nut (b) parrot (c) nine
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) nine (c) monkey
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) paint (c) pan
- 11.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) queen (b) robot (c) peach
- 12.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nut (b) panda (c) red
- 13.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 14.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) pizza (c) net
- 15.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 16.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) moon (c) panda
- 18.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nine (b) red (c) milk
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) nut
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) mango (c) question
- 21.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) potato
- 22.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rocket (b) olive (c) needle
- 23.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) potato (c) rose
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) map (c) rat
- 25.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 26.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 27.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) pear
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) map (c) pin
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) monkey (c) question
- 30.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 31.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rice (b) mouse (c) nail
- 32.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rainbow (b) monkey (c) needle
- 33.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rice (b) mouse (c) pin
- 34.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 35.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) ring
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rain (c) pin
- 37.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 38.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 39.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) paint (b) mango (c) ring
- 40.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
Answer key
- robot
- ox
- nine
- r
- mouse
- nose
- question
- parrot
- nine
- monkey
- peach
- nut
- n
- queen
- n
- q
- moon
- nine
- paint
- question
- mouse
- needle
- mango
- rat
- r
- m
- pear
- map
- run
- m
- mouse
- needle
- rice
- r
- ring
- nest
- n
- o
- mango
- m
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