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