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 picture starts like “pencil”? (a) milk (b) parrot (c) question
- 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 3.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) run (c) pencil
- 5.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) run
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) pencil (c) panda
- 8.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nose (b) pan (c) popcorn
- 9.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) olive (b) rocket (c) pig
- 10.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 11.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) pen (b) map (c) nut
- 12.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rain (c) rainbow
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) needle (c) olive
- 15.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) mango (c) rain
- 17.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) parrot
- 18.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) mouse (b) rat (c) peach
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) pen (c) nest
- 20.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) map (b) run (c) popcorn
- 21.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) parrot (b) ox (c) nut
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) nest (c) mango
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) pin (c) net
- 24.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nose (b) ox (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) needle (b) panda (c) queen
- 26.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) rabbit (c) needle
- 28.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 29.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 30.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) nose (b) parrot (c) rain
- 31.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) net (b) mango (c) ring
- 32.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) olive (c) peach
- 34.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) milk (c) moon
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) potato (c) mouse
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) queen (c) nut
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) nut
- 38.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) robot
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rabbit (b) paint (c) queen
- 40.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
Answer key
- parrot
- o
- q
- run
- m
- milk
- nose
- nose
- pig
- m
- pen
- n
- octopus
- needle
- m
- question
- ox
- rat
- nest
- popcorn
- ox
- mango
- robot
- nose
- queen
- q
- rabbit
- n
- o
- parrot
- net
- m
- peach
- olive
- potato
- nut
- pencil
- queen
- paint
- p
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