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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 2.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rain (b) rabbit (c) nest
- 3.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pear (b) olive (c) nest
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) nut (c) queen
- 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rose (b) ox (c) potato
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rat (c) monkey
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) popcorn (c) nose
- 9.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) nut
- 10.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 11.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) rain (c) nut
- 13.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 14.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) map (b) rice (c) peach
- 15.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 16.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nose (b) ox (c) pin
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) panda (c) rice
- 18.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) queen (b) run (c) mango
- 19.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 20.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) nine
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) red
- 23.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) mouse (c) ox
- 25.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 26.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) panda (c) rain
- 28.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 29.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) rat
- 30.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nut (b) pig (c) question
- 31.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) paint (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) question (b) pig (c) octopus
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) needle (c) potato
- 34.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) panda (b) nest (c) monkey
- 35.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 36.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 37.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) robot (b) nine (c) map
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) rain (c) needle
- 39.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 40.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
Answer key
- q
- nest
- p
- olive
- queen
- ox
- nest
- rat
- run
- m
- n
- nut
- r
- rice
- n
- ox
- nine
- run
- n
- m
- nine
- red
- r
- mouse
- o
- m
- rain
- m
- needle
- question
- paint
- octopus
- ring
- panda
- n
- m
- map
- needle
- n
- o
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