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.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 2.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) olive (c) paint
- 4.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 5.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 6.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) milk (b) pin (c) net
- 7.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 8.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) potato (c) ox
- 10.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) road (b) robot (c) milk
- 11.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) question
- 12.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) net (b) octopus (c) rain
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) queen (c) run
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) red (c) net
- 16.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) milk
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) map (c) road
- 18.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) nut (c) peach
- 20.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 21.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 22.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 23.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) rabbit (c) monkey
- 25.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nut (b) rose (c) milk
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) map (c) olive
- 27.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) pin (b) net (c) rainbow
- 28.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 29.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pin (b) olive (c) net
- 30.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 31.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nut (b) paint (c) red
- 32.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nest (b) peach (c) rabbit
- 33.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) pin
- 35.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) needle (b) moon (c) pen
- 36.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pin (b) needle (c) pig
- 37.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) rain (b) nut (c) pencil
- 38.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) robot (b) queen (c) net
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) rabbit (c) pin
- 40.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) robot (b) map (c) rainbow
Answer key
- p
- q
- paint
- p
- m
- net
- n
- o
- ox
- milk
- question
- n
- octopus
- queen
- red
- octopus
- road
- p
- ring
- p
- q
- p
- o
- monkey
- milk
- olive
- pin
- p
- net
- m
- nut
- nest
- n
- nine
- needle
- needle
- nut
- queen
- rabbit
- map
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