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