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