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) pencil (c) road
- 2.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pin (b) pear (c) net
- 3.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 4.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) needle (b) road (c) paint
- 6.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) ox (b) map (c) robot
- 7.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) paint (b) net (c) milk
- 8.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) queen (b) pizza (c) net
- 10.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pin (b) mouse (c) pen
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) needle (c) mango
- 12.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) run (c) nail
- 14.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) mouse (b) nine (c) octopus
- 16.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) needle (b) ox (c) pen
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) robot (b) nut (c) queen
- 19.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 20.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rocket (b) rice (c) question
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) pig
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) pig (c) needle
- 23.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mouse (b) rain (c) red
- 24.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) nest
- 25.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nose (b) pan (c) rain
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) olive (c) paint
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) robot (c) question
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rabbit (b) red (c) pan
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) peach (c) nine
- 30.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 32.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) run (b) question (c) needle
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) nail (c) pan
- 34.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) milk (b) pizza (c) map
- 35.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) panda (b) peach (c) moon
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) net (c) rain
- 37.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pen (b) olive (c) octopus
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) popcorn (c) rat
- 39.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) popcorn (b) moon (c) milk
- 40.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) queen
Answer key
- road
- net
- m
- n
- paint
- map
- net
- q
- pizza
- mouse
- mango
- n
- run
- m
- octopus
- n
- ox
- queen
- n
- question
- olive
- needle
- mouse
- pig
- nose
- rice
- question
- pan
- rain
- p
- rabbit
- needle
- nail
- pizza
- moon
- net
- pen
- nest
- popcorn
- rice
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