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