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