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 picture starts like “nail”? (a) pig (b) queen (c) nose
- 2.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nut (b) road (c) paint
- 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) pencil
- 4.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) parrot
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) rabbit (c) nail
- 6.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) parrot (b) rose (c) mango
- 7.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 8.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 9.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) rose (b) mouse (c) net
- 10.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) ring
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) run (c) olive
- 12.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) nine
- 14.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 15.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) pan (c) milk
- 17.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) run (c) pan
- 19.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 20.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 21.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) rocket (c) map
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) parrot
- 24.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rainbow (b) net (c) pizza
- 25.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) net (b) mango (c) paint
- 26.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) nail (b) pear (c) road
- 27.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) net
- 28.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) monkey (b) rain (c) nut
- 29.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) monkey
- 30.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) pizza (b) nest (c) rose
- 31.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) panda (b) nail (c) road
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pencil (c) ox
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) paint (c) rat
- 35.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nose (b) rabbit (c) olive
- 36.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) pear (b) rice (c) queen
- 37.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nest (b) question (c) panda
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) paint (c) nose
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) map (c) ring
- 40.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
Answer key
- nose
- nut
- octopus
- milk
- nail
- rose
- o
- r
- rose
- nine
- olive
- o
- mango
- m
- n
- milk
- o
- run
- r
- p
- p
- map
- nut
- pizza
- mango
- road
- map
- monkey
- ox
- pizza
- m
- panda
- queen
- net
- rabbit
- pear
- question
- nose
- paint
- m
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