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