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 “r”? (a) pin (b) rain (c) parrot
- 2.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) olive (b) mouse (c) nose
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) red (b) pizza (c) milk
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pen (b) rocket (c) queen
- 6.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 7.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) milk (b) rainbow (c) ring
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) paint (c) nest
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) octopus
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) panda
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rice (c) octopus
- 12.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pan (b) net (c) pig
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) rocket
- 14.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) red (c) mango
- 16.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 17.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) monkey (b) robot (c) potato
- 18.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) moon
- 19.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pen (b) peach (c) monkey
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) paint (c) monkey
- 22.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) paint (b) milk (c) nest
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) rat (c) moon
- 24.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 25.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) queen (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 26.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) ring
- 27.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) nine (b) question (c) pear
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) mouse (c) nose
- 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) nut (c) rabbit
- 31.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 32.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) run (c) milk
- 34.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) net (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) nest
- 36.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) paint (b) mouse (c) pear
- 37.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 38.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) ring (b) olive (c) pan
- 39.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) question (b) pen (c) map
- 40.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) red (b) pizza (c) pin
Answer key
- rain
- m
- nose
- pizza
- queen
- p
- milk
- question
- ring
- olive
- rice
- net
- rocket
- o
- mango
- p
- potato
- rainbow
- r
- monkey
- paint
- milk
- moon
- o
- octopus
- ring
- pear
- mouse
- q
- nut
- n
- r
- run
- net
- pen
- mouse
- m
- olive
- pen
- red
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