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.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 3.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 4.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) monkey
- 6.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) peach (c) pen
- 8.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) needle (b) mango (c) ring
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nose (c) potato
- 10.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 11.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) potato
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) potato (b) robot (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rat (c) pan
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) pencil (c) parrot
- 16.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) nest
- 18.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 20.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) robot (c) nose
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) pan (c) mango
- 23.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rocket (b) nose (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) rice
- 26.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 27.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nine (b) pencil (c) rainbow
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) rat
- 29.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) panda (b) nut (c) mouse
- 30.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 31.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) rainbow
- 32.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nut (b) nail (c) question
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) pan (c) octopus
- 34.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 35.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rocket (b) olive (c) rice
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) pear (c) milk
- 37.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) rabbit
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) queen (c) potato
- 39.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) mango (b) red (c) octopus
Answer key
- r
- m
- n
- o
- nose
- o
- question
- needle
- rat
- r
- n
- nail
- ox
- net
- map
- p
- pig
- p
- q
- n
- ox
- mango
- n
- queen
- mouse
- q
- nine
- nest
- mouse
- r
- map
- question
- octopus
- r
- olive
- milk
- rabbit
- queen
- p
- octopus
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