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.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) needle (c) monkey
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) rice (c) pin
- 4.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 5.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nest (b) olive (c) nail
- 6.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rabbit (b) octopus (c) question
- 7.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) monkey (b) nest (c) ring
- 8.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 9.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rat (b) rainbow (c) monkey
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) pear (c) rabbit
- 11.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rice (b) octopus (c) pin
- 12.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 14.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) monkey (b) red (c) mango
- 15.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pear (c) nose
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) nest (c) rat
- 17.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 18.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pan (b) run (c) mouse
- 19.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 20.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pizza (b) run (c) nail
- 21.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) net (c) panda
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) pizza
- 24.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) milk (c) road
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) map (c) panda
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pizza (b) ox (c) needle
- 28.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) pear (c) monkey
- 29.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) peach (b) pizza (c) monkey
- 30.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 31.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) pizza
- 32.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 33.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 34.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) nest
- 35.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) rose (b) paint (c) moon
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) parrot (c) nut
- 37.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) rocket (c) question
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) moon (c) pan
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) net (c) road
Answer key
- o
- needle
- rice
- q
- olive
- octopus
- ring
- n
- monkey
- nose
- octopus
- r
- m
- red
- question
- rat
- m
- mouse
- o
- nail
- n
- road
- nest
- p
- milk
- panda
- ox
- queen
- monkey
- o
- moon
- n
- r
- pencil
- paint
- nut
- r
- ox
- rainbow
- queen
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