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 word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) mango (c) pen
- 2.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 3.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rose (b) pin (c) popcorn
- 4.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 5.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) rat
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) milk (c) pan
- 8.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) map (b) nose (c) rain
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nine (b) pig (c) ox
- 10.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 11.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 12.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 13.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) panda
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) ring (c) needle
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) mouse (c) pear
- 16.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) paint (b) monkey (c) peach
- 17.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pan (b) nine (c) panda
- 18.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) moon (b) ring (c) pig
- 19.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) parrot (b) nail (c) map
- 20.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 21.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) run (b) mouse (c) paint
- 23.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 24.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 25.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) monkey (b) moon (c) rain
- 26.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) nest
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) map (c) pan
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) nine (c) pencil
- 29.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 30.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 31.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) run (b) moon (c) map
- 32.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rose (c) rabbit
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) nut (c) olive
- 34.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) mouse (c) nail
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) queen (c) nut
- 37.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) net (b) rain (c) olive
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nest (c) red
- 39.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) paint (b) pen (c) ring
- 40.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
Answer key
- mango
- p
- rose
- r
- p
- moon
- pan
- nose
- ox
- r
- p
- o
- rabbit
- map
- question
- monkey
- nine
- ring
- map
- n
- r
- paint
- p
- r
- rain
- ox
- red
- run
- o
- n
- run
- question
- olive
- q
- mouse
- queen
- olive
- nest
- ring
- m
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