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.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 2.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) question (b) paint (c) red
- 3.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) parrot (b) octopus (c) needle
- 5.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) moon (c) run
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) popcorn (b) pen (c) queen
- 8.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 9.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pizza (b) olive (c) pig
- 11.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) map (b) rocket (c) red
- 13.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rice (c) mouse
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) pen (c) nut
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) pen (c) pin
- 16.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 17.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) rat
- 19.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 20.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mango (b) nose (c) potato
- 21.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 22.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pizza (b) ox (c) pen
- 23.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) nut
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) question
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) pizza (c) nine
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) rat (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) peach (c) rocket
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) nose (c) milk
- 30.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) ox (b) rabbit (c) nest
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) pizza (c) mango
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) map
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) run
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) robot (c) question
- 35.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 36.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pear (b) rocket (c) needle
- 37.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 38.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rocket (b) olive (c) mouse
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pig (c) mouse
- 40.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) net (b) rose (c) rocket
Answer key
- n
- red
- m
- octopus
- o
- moon
- queen
- n
- m
- olive
- r
- map
- question
- nut
- robot
- p
- n
- monkey
- o
- mango
- r
- ox
- octopus
- q
- question
- run
- popcorn
- peach
- nose
- nest
- net
- nail
- ox
- panda
- o
- rocket
- p
- olive
- mouse
- net
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