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