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