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