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 “rain”? (a) net (b) potato (c) road
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) pin (c) mango
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) olive (c) pizza
- 4.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) nose (c) olive
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 7.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) nest
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nose (b) rice (c) mango
- 10.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) road
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) peach (c) olive
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) nine
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pear (c) pig
- 14.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) moon
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) monkey (c) road
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 17.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) potato (b) road (c) moon
- 18.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) olive (c) monkey
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) road (c) peach
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) nest (c) nose
- 22.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 23.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) peach (b) queen (c) pear
- 25.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) moon (b) ring (c) mango
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) net (c) rainbow
- 27.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) red (b) rocket (c) mango
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) nest (c) pen
- 29.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 30.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) rose (c) moon
- 32.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 33.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rat (b) ox (c) map
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rocket (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 35.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) ring
- 37.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) needle (b) ox (c) nine
- 38.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) popcorn (b) rat (c) map
- 39.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 40.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rose (b) pen (c) question
Answer key
- road
- rocket
- rabbit
- o
- nose
- mouse
- p
- pen
- mango
- octopus
- olive
- nine
- ox
- nine
- monkey
- m
- potato
- r
- pin
- peach
- panda
- o
- p
- queen
- ring
- net
- mango
- nest
- q
- m
- rose
- n
- map
- octopus
- p
- popcorn
- ox
- map
- o
- question
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