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) moon (b) olive (c) needle
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) pencil (c) mango
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rain (c) pizza
- 4.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) monkey (b) octopus (c) pin
- 5.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 6.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 7.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) olive
- 8.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) mango (c) olive
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) potato (c) nut
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) rat (c) needle
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) olive
- 13.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 14.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 15.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) panda (b) moon (c) map
- 16.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) popcorn (b) rain (c) needle
- 17.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) pen (c) nail
- 19.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) parrot (b) question (c) nine
- 20.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) road (b) potato (c) moon
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) rice (c) nose
- 22.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) paint (b) octopus (c) moon
- 24.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 25.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ring (b) rain (c) nail
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) parrot (c) nest
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) rainbow
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pig (c) rabbit
- 30.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) question (b) pin (c) nut
- 31.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nut (b) mango (c) rice
- 32.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) moon (b) panda (c) ox
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pig (b) queen (c) panda
- 34.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) olive
- 35.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) paint (c) rose
- 36.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pencil (b) robot (c) mango
- 37.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) popcorn (b) pen (c) monkey
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) panda (c) map
- 39.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 40.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
Answer key
- moon
- pencil
- rain
- monkey
- o
- o
- olive
- m
- olive
- rainbow
- needle
- run
- q
- p
- panda
- needle
- r
- rice
- question
- potato
- nose
- p
- octopus
- m
- n
- nail
- nest
- mouse
- mango
- nut
- nut
- moon
- queen
- olive
- octopus
- mango
- monkey
- map
- m
- m
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