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 “nest”? (a) needle (b) rice (c) milk
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) needle (c) question
- 3.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 4.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) nail (c) mango
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) parrot (b) queen (c) rice
- 7.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) map (b) question (c) robot
- 9.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 10.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) potato (c) monkey
- 12.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) pin
- 13.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) potato (c) run
- 14.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) pen
- 15.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nail (b) queen (c) popcorn
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pizza (c) nut
- 17.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) nut (b) rabbit (c) panda
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) rabbit (c) road
- 19.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mango (b) net (c) rainbow
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) ring (c) nut
- 21.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) red (c) mango
- 23.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) needle (b) net (c) moon
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) run (b) ox (c) rocket
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) rat (c) net
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) nine (c) potato
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) peach (c) robot
- 28.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 29.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rice (b) queen (c) pizza
- 30.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 31.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) popcorn
- 33.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rabbit (b) nest (c) panda
- 34.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rat (b) peach (c) nest
- 35.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) needle (b) monkey (c) olive
- 36.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pizza (b) pear (c) olive
- 37.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 38.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) net (b) rocket (c) rose
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) pan (c) rocket
- 40.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
Answer key
- needle
- road
- o
- m
- nail
- queen
- q
- question
- n
- q
- question
- pin
- ox
- queen
- nail
- pizza
- panda
- mouse
- mango
- ring
- p
- mango
- moon
- ox
- rat
- nine
- milk
- r
- rice
- m
- m
- popcorn
- nest
- peach
- olive
- olive
- n
- net
- nest
- r
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