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 “o”? (a) nine (b) milk (c) ox
- 2.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 3.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) potato (b) queen (c) mouse
- 5.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rat (b) nose (c) net
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) mouse (c) pear
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) rat
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 10.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 11.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 12.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) needle (b) question (c) pizza
- 13.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) mango (b) map (c) robot
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) rice
- 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 16.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) popcorn (b) pin (c) queen
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) rain
- 18.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) road (c) olive
- 19.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nail (b) rocket (c) octopus
- 20.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) mango
- 21.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) run (c) moon
- 23.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) road
- 25.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) needle (b) peach (c) red
- 26.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) question (b) pear (c) rose
- 27.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) rat (b) pan (c) needle
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) nail (c) pencil
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rocket (b) nest (c) panda
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) robot (c) net
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) robot (c) needle
- 32.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) mouse (c) paint
- 34.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 35.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 36.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nose (b) pig (c) map
- 37.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) rat (c) pan
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) net (c) milk
- 40.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
Answer key
- ox
- m
- o
- potato
- rat
- queen
- q
- mango
- nut
- p
- p
- needle
- robot
- octopus
- o
- queen
- rain
- olive
- nail
- nest
- n
- olive
- p
- road
- needle
- pear
- pan
- nail
- nest
- robot
- needle
- n
- mouse
- q
- m
- map
- m
- pan
- net
- p
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