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 “milk”? (a) olive (b) octopus (c) mango
- 2.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) pear (b) queen (c) rainbow
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) moon (c) rabbit
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) rice
- 5.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) panda
- 7.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 8.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 9.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 10.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) net
- 12.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 13.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) run (c) milk
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) parrot (c) robot
- 16.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) pan
- 17.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) moon (b) pig (c) panda
- 18.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) queen (b) question (c) needle
- 19.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rain (b) ox (c) robot
- 20.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pizza (c) run
- 23.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) mango (b) rat (c) popcorn
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) nose (c) octopus
- 26.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) pear (b) potato (c) rocket
- 27.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pear (b) pin (c) ox
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) net (c) nail
- 29.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 30.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pear (b) question (c) rice
- 31.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 32.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 33.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 34.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) pen (b) peach (c) ring
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) moon (c) net
- 36.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) panda (b) mouse (c) peach
- 37.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) rabbit (c) mango
- 39.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) question (c) run
Answer key
- mango
- rainbow
- rabbit
- ox
- q
- panda
- p
- p
- o
- p
- rat
- p
- o
- nut
- octopus
- pan
- moon
- needle
- ox
- m
- nose
- pizza
- r
- rat
- ring
- rocket
- ox
- milk
- r
- question
- p
- r
- p
- ring
- net
- mouse
- p
- mango
- m
- run
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