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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) potato (c) rice
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rainbow (b) net (c) ring
- 4.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pig (b) nut (c) milk
- 5.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) net
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pizza (c) needle
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) net (c) rabbit
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) question
- 9.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) nose
- 10.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) panda (b) mouse (c) nest
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) run (c) map
- 12.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) peach (c) queen
- 14.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) needle
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) rice (c) rocket
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) rice (c) olive
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) nail (c) ring
- 19.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) moon (b) nail (c) pig
- 20.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) nose (c) olive
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) robot (c) nut
- 22.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) ox (b) robot (c) pear
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) map (b) rat (c) ox
- 24.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) map
- 25.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rain (b) queen (c) pig
- 26.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) rat (c) pin
- 28.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 29.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 30.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) map (b) nine (c) pan
- 31.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) ox (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 32.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) rain (c) nut
- 33.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) run (b) question (c) mouse
- 34.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) red (b) potato (c) mango
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) needle
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) needle
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rocket (b) paint (c) octopus
- 38.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) rat
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) pig (c) octopus
- 40.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
Answer key
- q
- rice
- net
- milk
- olive
- queen
- rabbit
- olive
- nose
- nest
- map
- n
- peach
- p
- pen
- panda
- pizza
- ring
- nail
- olive
- robot
- pear
- ox
- map
- queen
- m
- monkey
- p
- r
- pan
- mouse
- ox
- question
- red
- monkey
- parrot
- octopus
- needle
- pig
- n
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