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) question (b) robot (c) ox
- 2.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) nose
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) panda (c) robot
- 4.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) ox (b) pig (c) net
- 5.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) rain
- 6.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) ring (b) nut (c) pig
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) mouse (c) net
- 9.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rabbit (b) mouse (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) ring
- 11.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) question (c) rice
- 13.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 14.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) road
- 15.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) needle (b) pizza (c) red
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) needle (c) rocket
- 17.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) nail (b) milk (c) pear
- 18.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) ring (b) octopus (c) moon
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rocket (c) ox
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) mango (c) rain
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ring (b) nine (c) ox
- 22.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rat (b) panda (c) question
- 23.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rabbit (b) ox (c) mango
- 24.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 25.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) mouse (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) ring (c) mango
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) mouse (c) queen
- 28.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 29.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) milk (b) run (c) pear
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) needle (c) potato
- 31.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pig (b) milk (c) nut
- 33.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 34.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 35.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) robot (c) nail
- 36.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 37.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) queen (b) rain (c) olive
- 38.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 39.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) mouse (c) pencil
Answer key
- robot
- pencil
- robot
- net
- mango
- ring
- q
- net
- queen
- ring
- p
- rice
- n
- monkey
- needle
- rocket
- pear
- moon
- moon
- pear
- ox
- question
- mango
- r
- rabbit
- octopus
- queen
- o
- milk
- potato
- r
- milk
- n
- p
- ox
- n
- olive
- m
- o
- pencil
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