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) m (b) n (c) o
- 2.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rocket (b) needle (c) octopus
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) nine (c) needle
- 4.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) robot (b) rocket (c) ox
- 5.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pen (b) potato (c) moon
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pin (b) queen (c) rat
- 7.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) rat (c) red
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) road
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) nail (c) parrot
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) milk (c) monkey
- 12.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) robot (b) queen (c) pencil
- 13.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) needle (b) milk (c) run
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) pin
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) pizza (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) rain (c) pin
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) rice
- 18.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 19.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) moon (b) nest (c) rat
- 20.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) rain (b) net (c) paint
- 21.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 22.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) peach (c) map
- 24.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) paint (b) run (c) ox
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) queen (c) nail
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) octopus (c) nose
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) map (c) nose
- 28.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pizza (b) red (c) nest
- 29.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pin (b) milk (c) pig
- 30.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pear (b) queen (c) rainbow
- 31.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) pan (c) rainbow
- 33.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 34.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) red (b) octopus (c) pen
- 35.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) rain (b) needle (c) nest
- 36.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 37.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pig (b) monkey (c) needle
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) moon (c) rice
- 39.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 40.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pencil (b) peach (c) nose
Answer key
- o
- needle
- rocket
- ox
- moon
- queen
- p
- nine
- road
- parrot
- octopus
- pencil
- needle
- mango
- olive
- pin
- milk
- r
- rat
- rain
- m
- r
- map
- paint
- nail
- nose
- pig
- pizza
- milk
- queen
- r
- pan
- n
- octopus
- rain
- o
- needle
- rice
- r
- nose
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