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 “m”? (a) map (b) nut (c) paint
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) mouse (c) pin
- 3.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) potato (c) robot
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) net (b) ox (c) popcorn
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) run (b) peach (c) nail
- 7.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 8.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mouse (b) nail (c) queen
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) parrot (b) robot (c) olive
- 10.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) nail
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 14.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 15.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) milk (b) nest (c) rabbit
- 16.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) ring (b) nine (c) moon
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) mango (c) paint
- 18.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) milk (c) popcorn
- 20.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) monkey
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rocket (b) milk (c) needle
- 22.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) potato (b) question (c) road
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) pencil (c) pig
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) nest (c) monkey
- 26.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) road (b) mouse (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) nail (c) octopus
- 28.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 29.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) milk (c) road
- 31.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 32.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pen (b) needle (c) olive
- 33.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 34.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) parrot (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 35.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 36.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) panda (b) nine (c) monkey
- 37.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nut (b) pan (c) milk
- 38.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 39.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) needle (b) rice (c) paint
- 40.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
Answer key
- map
- mouse
- r
- potato
- ox
- peach
- r
- queen
- olive
- p
- q
- queen
- m
- o
- nest
- nine
- mango
- r
- rat
- nine
- needle
- n
- potato
- rain
- nest
- mouse
- nail
- m
- p
- milk
- n
- olive
- o
- rabbit
- n
- nine
- nut
- r
- paint
- n
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