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 “octopus”? (a) pizza (b) ox (c) road
- 2.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 3.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) panda (c) nine
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) map (c) ox
- 6.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) olive
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ring (b) question (c) nest
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 10.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) monkey (b) rocket (c) nine
- 11.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) olive
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 14.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) pin
- 15.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pan (b) rocket (c) nut
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 17.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) map (b) olive (c) pear
- 18.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) popcorn (c) question
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) pencil (c) nail
- 21.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nail (b) monkey (c) rainbow
- 22.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pear (b) question (c) rose
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) monkey (c) nut
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 25.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) popcorn (c) rice
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) net (c) red
- 28.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 29.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 31.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) rain
- 32.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) paint (b) olive (c) parrot
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) panda (c) rat
- 34.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 35.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) popcorn (b) mango (c) milk
- 36.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) ring (b) net (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pizza (c) monkey
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) moon (c) pan
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) nest (c) parrot
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pig (c) rat
Answer key
- ox
- n
- m
- nine
- pin
- panda
- question
- q
- o
- nine
- m
- queen
- m
- monkey
- pan
- nose
- pear
- m
- question
- nail
- monkey
- pear
- nut
- q
- r
- monkey
- net
- r
- n
- o
- mouse
- olive
- milk
- p
- popcorn
- popcorn
- pizza
- moon
- parrot
- pig
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