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.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) question (c) rat
- 3.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) rain (c) red
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) rain
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) mango (c) pig
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) moon (c) nest
- 7.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) ox (c) rice
- 9.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) map (b) milk (c) queen
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) queen (c) pear
- 12.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) rain
- 13.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) paint (b) pig (c) nose
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) paint (c) ring
- 15.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) run (c) rocket
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) needle (c) peach
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) potato (b) ox (c) rice
- 19.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 20.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 21.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) milk (b) octopus (c) pan
- 22.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rain (b) ox (c) pear
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) pizza (c) nose
- 24.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) road
- 25.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) net
- 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) parrot (b) map (c) ox
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) pencil (c) nail
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) net (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) octopus (b) pizza (c) nine
- 31.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 32.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) run (c) rice
- 34.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) paint (c) pizza
- 36.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 37.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) nut
- 39.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) run (b) popcorn (c) milk
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) nest (c) monkey
Answer key
- m
- rat
- octopus
- rain
- rocket
- nest
- r
- rice
- m
- queen
- queen
- parrot
- nose
- ring
- p
- pear
- needle
- ox
- r
- o
- octopus
- ox
- nose
- paint
- n
- milk
- ox
- nail
- pizza
- nine
- r
- r
- octopus
- m
- rose
- q
- m
- mango
- milk
- monkey
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