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 “m”? (a) moon (b) pig (c) queen
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) queen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) rice (c) nest
- 4.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) map (c) parrot
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) pear (c) rose
- 7.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) parrot (c) rat
- 9.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 10.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) mango (b) net (c) pig
- 11.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 12.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 13.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pin (b) run (c) parrot
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nest (c) queen
- 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pencil (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 16.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) potato
- 18.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) rat (b) mouse (c) pig
- 19.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pan (b) nose (c) question
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) paint (c) milk
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) ring (c) ox
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) queen (c) paint
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) mango (c) rat
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) rabbit
- 26.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) pizza (c) olive
- 28.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) run (b) milk (c) needle
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) net (c) run
- 30.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 31.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) run (c) octopus
- 33.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) rose
- 34.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) run (b) pencil (c) mango
- 35.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 36.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) nest (c) peach
- 38.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 39.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 40.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) question
Answer key
- moon
- queen
- nest
- q
- map
- rose
- p
- queen
- n
- pig
- o
- o
- run
- rat
- octopus
- r
- potato
- pig
- m
- question
- paint
- ox
- road
- mango
- rabbit
- n
- olive
- needle
- net
- p
- r
- needle
- paint
- mango
- n
- m
- peach
- q
- p
- olive
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