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 “nine”? (a) needle (b) panda (c) road
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) pencil (c) pin
- 3.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) needle (b) run (c) mouse
- 4.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 5.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) olive (c) map
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) paint (c) mouse
- 9.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 10.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) robot
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) question (c) nail
- 13.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) needle (b) pan (c) mouse
- 14.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nest (b) panda (c) ox
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) road (c) nose
- 16.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) nest (b) peach (c) monkey
- 17.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) milk (c) robot
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 20.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) robot (b) rain (c) ox
- 21.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 22.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) ring (b) pencil (c) octopus
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) question (c) nut
- 24.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pig (b) rabbit (c) moon
- 26.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) question (c) rat
- 28.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) moon
- 30.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) map
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) rat (c) mango
- 33.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) net (b) pear (c) octopus
- 34.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) nose
- 35.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) peach (b) question (c) nail
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) parrot (c) needle
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) nose (c) pen
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rabbit (c) question
- 39.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) peach (b) nest (c) nut
Answer key
- needle
- ring
- run
- n
- r
- olive
- q
- mouse
- m
- m
- ox
- nail
- needle
- nest
- road
- peach
- m
- queen
- q
- ox
- o
- octopus
- question
- r
- rabbit
- r
- rat
- m
- moon
- m
- rose
- panda
- net
- parrot
- question
- needle
- pen
- octopus
- p
- peach
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