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) nest (b) map (c) mango
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mouse (b) mango (c) question
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) mango
- 4.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 5.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 6.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pan (b) octopus (c) pencil
- 8.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) red (b) nest (c) potato
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) paint (c) pizza
- 10.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) olive (c) rice
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) pan (c) mouse
- 14.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 15.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) rice (c) paint
- 17.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pizza (b) pear (c) question
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) nut (c) ox
- 19.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) nine (b) run (c) popcorn
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) robot (c) potato
- 21.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 22.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) milk (b) monkey (c) red
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) robot (b) run (c) queen
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) net (c) moon
- 25.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 26.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 27.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 28.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 29.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) rain (b) nine (c) popcorn
- 30.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rice (b) nest (c) rain
- 31.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) olive (b) rice (c) monkey
- 32.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) potato (c) olive
- 34.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 35.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) monkey
- 36.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) parrot (b) pig (c) rice
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) nut (c) moon
- 38.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 39.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) monkey
- 40.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pin (b) net (c) queen
Answer key
- nest
- question
- pin
- m
- o
- m
- octopus
- nest
- rainbow
- o
- q
- rice
- mouse
- n
- p
- mango
- question
- ox
- run
- nut
- o
- red
- queen
- net
- r
- p
- q
- r
- popcorn
- nest
- monkey
- r
- potato
- n
- panda
- rice
- moon
- n
- pencil
- queen
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