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) r (b) m (c) n
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) needle
- 3.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pen (b) pan (c) nine
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) red (c) queen
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) potato
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) nut (c) run
- 7.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nose (b) octopus (c) queen
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) potato (c) rose
- 9.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rat (b) mouse (c) paint
- 11.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) nest
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pan (b) net (c) mouse
- 13.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nose (c) pin
- 15.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nail (b) potato (c) pizza
- 16.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 17.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 18.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) run (b) parrot (c) olive
- 19.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 20.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) mango (b) run (c) nine
- 21.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) map (b) ox (c) pear
- 22.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 24.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) olive (b) nine (c) ox
- 25.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) red (b) map (c) potato
- 27.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) pan
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) red (b) parrot (c) question
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) road (c) pizza
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) peach (c) rainbow
- 31.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 32.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) red (b) question (c) ox
- 34.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) nine
- 36.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 37.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) nut (b) rice (c) octopus
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) pencil (c) monkey
- 40.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
Answer key
- m
- ox
- nine
- queen
- olive
- nut
- queen
- rose
- p
- mouse
- rat
- mouse
- r
- nose
- nail
- o
- q
- parrot
- o
- run
- map
- n
- ring
- nine
- r
- map
- nose
- question
- road
- rainbow
- m
- r
- red
- n
- octopus
- r
- n
- rice
- robot
- p
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