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.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 2.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) map (b) paint (c) run
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) pin (c) moon
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) nose
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) question (c) nest
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) peach (b) monkey (c) paint
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) map (c) pan
- 8.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 9.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) rose (c) needle
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pan (c) nut
- 12.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) road (c) olive
- 14.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) rocket (b) pizza (c) run
- 15.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) mouse (b) ring (c) nest
- 16.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rabbit (b) pen (c) queen
- 17.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 18.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) paint
- 19.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rose (b) mango (c) rabbit
- 20.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ox (b) paint (c) nail
- 21.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 22.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 23.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 24.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) nine
- 25.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) moon (c) nest
- 27.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 28.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 29.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 30.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rose (b) pig (c) nest
- 31.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) parrot (c) question
- 33.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) potato (b) pen (c) robot
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) nail (c) potato
- 35.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 36.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 37.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) red (c) octopus
- 39.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) milk
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) ring (c) panda
Answer key
- m
- paint
- moon
- mouse
- nest
- monkey
- pan
- o
- q
- needle
- queen
- r
- road
- pizza
- nest
- queen
- q
- octopus
- mango
- nail
- p
- o
- p
- nine
- o
- rain
- r
- ox
- n
- nest
- r
- question
- robot
- nail
- p
- p
- p
- octopus
- milk
- panda
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