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 “r”? (a) potato (b) nest (c) rat
- 2.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) parrot (c) pen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) pin (c) mouse
- 4.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) milk (c) rain
- 6.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) net (b) potato (c) rabbit
- 7.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rocket (b) octopus (c) olive
- 8.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 9.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pin (b) nose (c) moon
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) pen (c) monkey
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) popcorn (c) ox
- 13.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) road (b) nose (c) ring
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) pan (c) mouse
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) red (b) ring (c) map
- 16.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nine (b) milk (c) popcorn
- 17.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pizza (c) rain
- 18.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rice (b) rabbit (c) nail
- 19.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) peach (c) pizza
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) panda (b) olive (c) pear
- 22.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) question (b) needle (c) pan
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) rainbow (c) net
- 24.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 25.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) potato (b) moon (c) queen
- 26.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 27.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nose (b) robot (c) pan
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) nest (c) pig
- 29.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) potato
- 30.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rain (b) popcorn (c) queen
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) popcorn
- 32.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) pan (c) mouse
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) pig (c) pan
- 35.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) red (b) net (c) peach
- 36.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) pig
- 37.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) monkey (b) pig (c) nest
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) rat (c) pear
- 39.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) potato (b) moon (c) nose
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) rain (c) nail
Answer key
- rat
- queen
- mouse
- p
- rain
- rabbit
- rocket
- n
- moon
- monkey
- q
- ox
- nose
- nine
- map
- milk
- question
- nail
- p
- question
- olive
- needle
- queen
- m
- potato
- o
- nose
- pig
- ox
- popcorn
- moon
- q
- pan
- nut
- net
- monkey
- pig
- pear
- potato
- nail
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