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