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 “milk”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) monkey
- 2.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) map (b) run (c) peach
- 3.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 4.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) potato (c) question
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) net
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) nose
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) panda (b) nail (c) ring
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pen (c) net
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) pear
- 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) paint (b) rainbow (c) nose
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ring (b) nest (c) moon
- 13.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 14.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 15.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pear (b) nine (c) rocket
- 16.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) nest (b) robot (c) pear
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) pizza (c) rose
- 18.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pencil (b) rabbit (c) octopus
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) queen (c) rabbit
- 20.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nine (b) pan (c) map
- 21.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) panda (b) nail (c) mouse
- 22.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) red (b) mouse (c) net
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) pencil (c) question
- 25.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) net (b) rocket (c) nut
- 26.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pig (b) question (c) rose
- 27.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) road (b) olive (c) panda
- 28.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 29.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) robot (c) map
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rainbow (b) nail (c) question
- 32.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pen (b) rain (c) milk
- 33.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) nine (b) pencil (c) red
- 34.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) parrot (c) mouse
- 36.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) needle (b) road (c) mango
- 37.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) map (b) rain (c) peach
- 38.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nose (b) olive (c) panda
- 40.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) ring (b) octopus (c) rice
Answer key
- monkey
- peach
- r
- q
- potato
- monkey
- nose
- nail
- queen
- queen
- nose
- nest
- o
- p
- nine
- pear
- pizza
- octopus
- rabbit
- nine
- panda
- q
- net
- rain
- rocket
- question
- road
- o
- p
- map
- question
- milk
- red
- m
- nine
- mango
- map
- n
- olive
- octopus
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