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 “rainbow”? (a) road (b) potato (c) mouse
- 2.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) road (b) ox (c) question
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) mango
- 4.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) map (b) pen (c) nose
- 5.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) potato (b) map (c) monkey
- 6.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 7.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 8.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 9.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nose (b) mango (c) nine
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) pear (c) ring
- 12.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) paint (b) olive (c) rat
- 14.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 15.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) octopus (b) net (c) mango
- 16.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) peach (b) road (c) rose
- 18.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pig (b) mango (c) nest
- 19.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) moon (b) rabbit (c) parrot
- 20.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) run (b) rat (c) pencil
- 22.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) red (b) paint (c) needle
- 23.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) map
- 24.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) peach
- 25.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) nose
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) rainbow (c) queen
- 28.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 29.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 30.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 31.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 32.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) paint (b) red (c) nut
- 33.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rice (b) mango (c) map
- 34.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rice (b) rocket (c) monkey
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) potato (c) olive
- 36.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pig (b) robot (c) pear
- 37.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) pear (b) rain (c) milk
- 38.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) moon (c) run
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) moon (c) pig
Answer key
- road
- question
- rice
- nose
- potato
- m
- m
- o
- q
- mango
- ring
- m
- olive
- r
- net
- n
- peach
- mango
- parrot
- o
- pencil
- needle
- rat
- ox
- p
- nose
- queen
- n
- p
- m
- m
- red
- rice
- monkey
- map
- robot
- pear
- q
- moon
- pig
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