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 word starts with the letter “o”? (a) needle (b) octopus (c) pencil
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ring (b) rain (c) nail
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) milk (c) nut
- 4.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) ox (b) nose (c) pin
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) moon (c) net
- 6.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) robot (b) rocket (c) pan
- 7.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) pear
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nine (c) pen
- 9.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) milk (b) pencil (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) panda (b) nine (c) road
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) nail (c) run
- 12.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) nut (b) nine (c) pan
- 13.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) moon (c) pear
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) panda (b) pin (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) olive (c) nine
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pin (b) queen (c) potato
- 18.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 19.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 20.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) mango
- 22.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rocket (b) mouse (c) nose
- 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 24.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) paint (c) nine
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nail (b) question (c) nut
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) red (c) queen
- 28.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) pen (b) pear (c) road
- 29.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 30.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 31.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 32.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 33.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 34.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) rain (c) nest
- 36.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) net (b) rocket (c) olive
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mouse (b) queen (c) mango
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) pin
- 39.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) pizza (b) needle (c) nose
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) question (c) pin
Answer key
- octopus
- nail
- milk
- nose
- net
- pan
- olive
- ox
- milk
- road
- pin
- pan
- o
- pear
- olive
- paint
- queen
- m
- n
- p
- mango
- nose
- q
- m
- nine
- question
- red
- road
- o
- n
- r
- r
- m
- p
- nest
- net
- queen
- rabbit
- pizza
- nose
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