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 “olive”? (a) parrot (b) monkey (c) ox
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nest (b) nut (c) question
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rain (c) pin
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pear (b) olive (c) pin
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) moon
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) nest (c) ox
- 7.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) mango
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) rocket (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) peach (b) pear (c) octopus
- 11.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 12.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) olive
- 13.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) potato (b) robot (c) nut
- 14.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nut (b) pin (c) olive
- 15.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) map (b) nail (c) pear
- 16.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) potato (b) nut (c) rainbow
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) potato
- 18.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 19.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 20.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) peach (b) rabbit (c) needle
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) ox
- 22.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) pear
- 24.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rose (b) olive (c) map
- 26.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 27.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) question (c) map
- 29.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) parrot
- 31.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) run (c) peach
- 32.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 33.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) panda (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) pen
- 35.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pen (b) needle (c) queen
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) ring (c) mango
- 37.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) panda (b) nut (c) red
- 38.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pizza (b) pin (c) robot
- 39.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 40.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
Answer key
- ox
- question
- nose
- olive
- moon
- robot
- p
- panda
- rocket
- octopus
- r
- needle
- potato
- olive
- map
- potato
- nut
- m
- o
- needle
- ox
- r
- monkey
- n
- olive
- n
- r
- map
- o
- queen
- monkey
- n
- mouse
- nine
- needle
- nail
- nut
- robot
- q
- m
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