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