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) mouse (b) ring (c) monkey
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) queen (b) rainbow (c) pear
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) red (c) pen
- 4.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 5.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 6.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 7.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) pen (c) nut
- 9.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) peach (b) nest (c) rose
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) queen (c) milk
- 11.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pan (b) pencil (c) milk
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) monkey (c) needle
- 13.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) question
- 15.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) moon (b) rose (c) nose
- 16.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pig (b) road (c) rice
- 17.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) potato (b) octopus (c) nose
- 18.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) moon (c) nut
- 20.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 21.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 22.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) moon (b) rabbit (c) pin
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) road (c) mouse
- 24.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) rice (c) net
- 25.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 26.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) rat (b) ox (c) net
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 28.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 29.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) popcorn (b) rose (c) question
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) pen (c) milk
- 31.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 32.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 33.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pizza (b) nut (c) road
- 34.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) rocket (b) popcorn (c) panda
- 35.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) paint
- 36.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) peach (b) run (c) olive
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rain (c) olive
- 38.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 39.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) monkey (c) pig
Answer key
- ring
- pear
- nest
- r
- n
- m
- r
- nut
- peach
- queen
- milk
- pen
- n
- question
- moon
- pig
- nose
- p
- red
- o
- q
- pin
- mouse
- moon
- p
- rat
- octopus
- q
- rose
- milk
- r
- o
- pizza
- rocket
- paint
- run
- rain
- n
- r
- monkey
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