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) potato (b) ring (c) moon
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) question (c) ox
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) rain (c) pig
- 4.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rice (b) milk (c) rat
- 5.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rocket (b) queen (c) nine
- 6.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pin (b) road (c) question
- 7.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 8.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) parrot
- 9.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 10.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 11.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 12.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 13.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) octopus (c) nest
- 15.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) net (c) popcorn
- 17.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) nine (c) mango
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) mango (c) nine
- 20.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 21.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) pizza (c) moon
- 23.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) paint (c) road
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) pizza
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) red (c) map
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) nail (c) octopus
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) mango (c) rainbow
- 29.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) pizza
- 30.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 31.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) mouse
- 33.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) paint (c) pear
- 34.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) panda (b) needle (c) rain
- 35.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) robot (c) olive
- 37.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) road
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) rice
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) rainbow (c) parrot
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) robot (c) nut
Answer key
- ring
- ox
- pig
- milk
- queen
- question
- r
- olive
- q
- o
- p
- p
- r
- monkey
- r
- olive
- n
- rain
- mango
- p
- p
- moon
- n
- road
- queen
- nest
- octopus
- question
- olive
- p
- q
- pizza
- mango
- needle
- o
- pen
- octopus
- milk
- needle
- nut
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