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