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 word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) milk
- 2.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) panda
- 3.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 4.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) nine (b) map (c) run
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) panda (c) pizza
- 8.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) rainbow
- 10.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 11.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) queen (c) nine
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) ox (c) map
- 14.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 15.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) road (b) popcorn (c) potato
- 16.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) robot
- 17.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) potato (c) pear
- 19.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) parrot
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) pig (c) nest
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) nest (c) potato
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) queen (c) octopus
- 23.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nose (b) paint (c) question
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) robot (c) mouse
- 25.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) red (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) net (b) question (c) rice
- 27.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) nest
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pin (b) queen (c) ring
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) queen (c) panda
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) ox (c) map
- 32.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) rainbow (c) map
- 33.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) road (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 34.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) nine
- 35.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) road
- 36.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 37.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 38.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 39.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 40.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) needle (b) question (c) rose
Answer key
- milk
- panda
- n
- p
- run
- m
- rabbit
- r
- ox
- p
- n
- nine
- red
- p
- road
- pig
- m
- net
- queen
- pig
- nest
- octopus
- question
- mouse
- needle
- question
- octopus
- queen
- rose
- o
- paint
- nine
- milk
- mango
- olive
- n
- n
- o
- r
- needle
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