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.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 2.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) monkey
- 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nest (b) monkey (c) octopus
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nail (c) potato
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) needle
- 6.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 7.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) rabbit (b) moon (c) nut
- 8.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 9.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) mouse (b) pig (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) road (c) milk
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) rabbit (c) map
- 12.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) needle (b) pencil (c) olive
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) rat (c) pizza
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) map (c) pear
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) pin
- 17.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 18.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 19.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 20.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 21.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 22.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) moon (b) popcorn (c) rose
- 23.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) olive
- 24.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) rice
- 25.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 26.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rabbit (b) moon (c) question
- 27.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 28.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) ox (b) monkey (c) needle
- 29.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pin (b) pig (c) nine
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) map (c) parrot
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) run (c) nail
- 32.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 33.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 34.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) run (c) rose
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) popcorn (c) rat
- 36.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 37.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 38.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) nest (b) run (c) peach
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) moon (c) road
- 40.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rat (b) pizza (c) net
Answer key
- r
- queen
- octopus
- nail
- needle
- p
- nut
- p
- pig
- milk
- rabbit
- n
- olive
- rat
- ox
- nest
- m
- r
- r
- n
- m
- moon
- olive
- rice
- r
- moon
- o
- monkey
- nine
- map
- run
- r
- m
- map
- popcorn
- m
- n
- run
- moon
- net
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