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