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