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.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) robot (c) parrot
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) octopus
- 4.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 5.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) queen (b) rat (c) pen
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) milk
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) pan
- 9.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) nail
- 10.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 11.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 12.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) map
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) panda (c) question
- 14.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) monkey (b) ring (c) pan
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) nest (c) mouse
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nine (c) pin
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) panda
- 18.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) mouse (c) pen
- 20.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) paint (b) robot (c) ox
- 22.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pen (b) mango (c) rain
- 23.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) paint (b) rain (c) olive
- 24.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) olive (b) mango (c) peach
- 25.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 26.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 27.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nail (b) robot (c) queen
- 28.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 29.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) moon (b) map (c) rat
- 30.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 31.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nose (b) rain (c) peach
- 32.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) olive
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) pin (c) mouse
- 34.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nose (b) popcorn (c) red
- 35.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) road
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) nut (c) pig
- 37.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) map (b) potato (c) robot
- 38.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) red (b) potato (c) nose
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) nose (c) octopus
- 40.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rabbit (b) milk (c) rose
Answer key
- r
- robot
- moon
- m
- pen
- olive
- q
- queen
- nail
- r
- p
- question
- mango
- pan
- run
- nine
- rat
- r
- mouse
- r
- ox
- pen
- rain
- mango
- m
- o
- queen
- n
- rat
- n
- rain
- olive
- pin
- nose
- mango
- nut
- map
- nose
- nose
- milk
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