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 “nose”? (a) moon (b) net (c) monkey
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) pen
- 3.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) run (b) nail (c) rose
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) parrot (c) rabbit
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) question
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) needle
- 7.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rat (b) ox (c) nest
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) nose
- 9.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 10.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 11.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) rice
- 13.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) rain (b) milk (c) map
- 14.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) pig (c) mouse
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) nest (c) ox
- 17.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nine (b) pear (c) rocket
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) map
- 19.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) road (c) rice
- 21.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) pear (c) nut
- 23.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) pin
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pear (b) net (c) ox
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) rice (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) net (c) queen
- 28.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) nut (b) potato (c) mouse
- 29.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 30.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) question (b) ox (c) mango
- 31.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) pig
- 32.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 33.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) needle (b) octopus (c) pig
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pen (b) mango (c) popcorn
- 35.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) road (c) moon
- 37.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) pencil (b) rabbit (c) net
- 38.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) robot (c) milk
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) parrot (c) nine
Answer key
- net
- pen
- nail
- rabbit
- question
- run
- ox
- nose
- n
- m
- r
- octopus
- rain
- p
- rocket
- nest
- nine
- olive
- m
- parrot
- n
- pear
- octopus
- q
- ox
- popcorn
- queen
- potato
- o
- mango
- pig
- question
- needle
- mango
- r
- moon
- rabbit
- o
- milk
- rice
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