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 picture starts like “road”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) rocket
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) red (c) nest
- 3.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rain (b) milk (c) ring
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) nine (c) monkey
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) moon (c) milk
- 6.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 7.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) question (b) olive (c) nose
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) pencil (c) milk
- 10.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) map (b) mouse (c) pig
- 11.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nut (b) queen (c) red
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) mouse
- 13.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) queen
- 15.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pig (b) peach (c) mango
- 16.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 17.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pan (b) moon (c) run
- 18.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) parrot (b) pencil (c) queen
- 19.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) milk (c) run
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) moon (c) ring
- 22.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 24.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) rabbit (c) nail
- 26.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pig (c) octopus
- 28.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) pear (b) rabbit (c) pencil
- 29.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) peach (b) ring (c) nine
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) pizza
- 31.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) popcorn (c) question
- 33.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 34.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) pear (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) panda (c) road
- 36.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) map
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) mango
- 38.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) ring (b) pear (c) monkey
- 39.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) popcorn (b) ox (c) moon
- 40.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nose (b) ox (c) rice
Answer key
- rocket
- nest
- milk
- monkey
- paint
- n
- n
- olive
- rocket
- pig
- nut
- pizza
- m
- queen
- mango
- m
- pan
- queen
- n
- milk
- moon
- r
- q
- o
- rabbit
- n
- question
- rabbit
- peach
- ox
- o
- question
- q
- rainbow
- road
- potato
- nose
- pear
- moon
- ox
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