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.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 2.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) pizza (b) pen (c) needle
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) pencil (c) queen
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) nail (c) parrot
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) ox (c) pan
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rice (b) question (c) panda
- 8.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 9.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) net (b) red (c) moon
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) pizza (c) pencil
- 11.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) rainbow (b) moon (c) robot
- 13.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) moon (b) octopus (c) rose
- 14.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) rain
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pen (c) mango
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) nine (c) pan
- 17.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 18.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) milk (c) run
- 20.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) net (b) pen (c) rain
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pizza (b) rain (c) ox
- 22.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 23.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) rainbow
- 25.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 26.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) moon (b) rocket (c) olive
- 27.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 28.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) pen (b) rabbit (c) nut
- 29.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nut (b) map (c) pan
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) nut (c) rain
- 31.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) road (c) octopus
- 33.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rat (b) run (c) queen
- 34.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) ox
- 35.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pen (b) map (c) nine
- 36.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rain (b) nest (c) ring
- 37.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) needle (b) ring (c) octopus
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) rocket (c) olive
- 40.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pin (b) pear (c) rain
Answer key
- n
- m
- needle
- queen
- nail
- ox
- question
- m
- moon
- net
- o
- moon
- rose
- nail
- mango
- nine
- r
- q
- milk
- net
- ox
- p
- o
- moon
- p
- olive
- r
- pen
- map
- rain
- m
- monkey
- queen
- nose
- nine
- nest
- r
- octopus
- rocket
- rain
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