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