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