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) moon (b) net (c) ox
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) nose (c) peach
- 3.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 4.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 5.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pen (b) pizza (c) map
- 6.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 7.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) road (b) parrot (c) rocket
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) ring
- 10.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) pan (b) pig (c) rat
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) run
- 12.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) peach (b) net (c) question
- 13.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 14.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) map (b) pin (c) net
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rose (c) road
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) run (b) olive (c) pizza
- 17.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 18.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) queen (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) map (c) road
- 20.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rocket (b) nut (c) queen
- 21.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 22.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) nine (c) panda
- 24.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) map (b) ox (c) nail
- 25.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rain (b) needle (c) pig
- 26.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) net (b) run (c) map
- 27.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) map (b) pan (c) run
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) pear (c) nose
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) nut (c) octopus
- 30.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rocket (b) olive (c) moon
- 31.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) nine (b) question (c) paint
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ring (b) nose (c) pan
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) nail (c) rocket
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rabbit (b) olive (c) paint
- 35.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) peach (c) rat
- 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) queen (b) question (c) olive
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) rain (c) net
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) question (c) pan
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) mango (c) pencil
- 40.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) needle (b) nail (c) mango
Answer key
- moon
- peach
- n
- r
- map
- o
- p
- parrot
- ox
- rat
- nest
- question
- q
- pin
- question
- pizza
- n
- rainbow
- map
- queen
- p
- m
- nine
- nail
- needle
- run
- run
- rabbit
- milk
- olive
- paint
- nose
- nail
- paint
- ox
- olive
- mouse
- monkey
- pencil
- mango
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