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) run (b) nine (c) pin
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) rabbit (c) pizza
- 3.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 4.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) rocket
- 5.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) rain (c) paint
- 7.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) ox
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) mango (c) pear
- 10.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) road (c) pear
- 11.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) mango (c) pear
- 13.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) net (b) moon (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) question (c) road
- 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) monkey (c) peach
- 17.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 18.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) question (c) mango
- 20.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 21.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 22.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) moon (b) nose (c) olive
- 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 24.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 25.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) question
- 27.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) milk (b) nine (c) robot
- 28.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) nose (b) nine (c) popcorn
- 29.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nail (b) panda (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rat (b) queen (c) peach
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) paint (c) net
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) paint
- 33.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) pig (b) mango (c) ring
- 34.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) panda (c) rocket
- 36.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) paint
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) road (c) pan
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) mouse (c) rocket
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) nine
Answer key
- run
- olive
- m
- rocket
- n
- rain
- ox
- question
- mango
- olive
- o
- pear
- net
- ox
- o
- rabbit
- m
- m
- question
- n
- p
- nose
- q
- o
- r
- pig
- robot
- popcorn
- nail
- queen
- net
- moon
- ring
- p
- panda
- r
- olive
- monkey
- rocket
- map
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