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.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) nest
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) ring (c) nail
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) monkey (c) rain
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) moon (c) nest
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) net (c) olive
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 8.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) pin (b) road (c) mango
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) peach (b) nail (c) robot
- 11.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) run (b) olive (c) queen
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) nut (c) nose
- 13.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) map
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nose (b) olive (c) queen
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) nut (c) queen
- 16.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) rice
- 17.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 18.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) pin (b) octopus (c) nose
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) rainbow (c) ox
- 20.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rainbow (b) question (c) needle
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) run (c) monkey
- 23.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) net (b) rat (c) pencil
- 24.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rabbit (b) pen (c) nest
- 25.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) moon
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) rainbow (c) mango
- 27.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 28.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) road (c) mouse
- 30.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 31.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mouse (b) queen (c) pin
- 32.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 33.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) road (b) parrot (c) nose
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) net (c) map
- 36.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 37.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) map (b) mouse (c) pencil
- 38.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 39.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 40.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
Answer key
- r
- olive
- nail
- rain
- moon
- pen
- milk
- o
- road
- peach
- run
- paint
- pizza
- queen
- nut
- pig
- p
- nose
- ox
- m
- question
- monkey
- net
- nest
- rainbow
- rainbow
- r
- p
- mouse
- q
- mouse
- p
- r
- parrot
- map
- r
- pencil
- n
- q
- m
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