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 “queen”? (a) question (b) net (c) pencil
- 2.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) peach (c) pig
- 3.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 4.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 5.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) rat
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) potato (b) question (c) popcorn
- 8.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 9.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) rabbit
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) pan (c) nose
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) rain (c) nest
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) nine
- 13.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) road (b) ox (c) mouse
- 14.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) monkey (b) peach (c) rainbow
- 15.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) nail (c) potato
- 17.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 18.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 19.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) road (b) pan (c) map
- 20.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) peach (b) octopus (c) rain
- 21.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) milk (c) red
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) pear (c) pin
- 24.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) needle (c) milk
- 26.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 27.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) ring
- 29.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 30.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) question (b) panda (c) nose
- 31.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) nut
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rabbit (b) olive (c) paint
- 33.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rabbit (b) rainbow (c) mouse
- 34.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 35.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nose (b) pan (c) ring
- 36.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) rainbow (b) rain (c) needle
- 37.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) panda (c) mango
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) net (c) panda
- 40.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mouse (b) pear (c) popcorn
Answer key
- question
- monkey
- o
- r
- o
- octopus
- question
- p
- octopus
- nose
- nest
- parrot
- ox
- rainbow
- p
- potato
- m
- m
- road
- octopus
- n
- red
- nail
- r
- needle
- r
- q
- nine
- p
- nose
- rabbit
- olive
- mouse
- r
- nose
- needle
- o
- panda
- net
- mouse
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