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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- 1.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) queen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) panda
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) milk (c) nest
- 5.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) queen (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 6.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) octopus (c) popcorn
- 8.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) pear (c) robot
- 10.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) map
- 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) map (b) needle (c) mouse
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) rocket (c) nut
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) queen (b) nest (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) monkey (c) rat
- 15.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) needle (b) rice (c) moon
- 16.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rain (b) question (c) nose
- 17.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) paint (b) nine (c) mouse
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) rose
- 19.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) potato (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 21.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) milk (b) pear (c) run
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) paint
- 23.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) paint (b) ring (c) pig
- 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rain (b) pen (c) ox
- 25.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pen (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 26.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 27.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 28.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) question (b) pizza (c) moon
- 29.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 30.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 31.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) rocket
- 33.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rice (b) nest (c) rat
- 34.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) monkey (b) paint (c) olive
- 35.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) map (c) ring
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ring (b) nine (c) question
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) rose (c) monkey
- 39.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 40.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) mouse
Answer key
- n
- queen
- octopus
- nest
- octopus
- m
- popcorn
- r
- pear
- olive
- needle
- nut
- ox
- paint
- moon
- question
- paint
- needle
- n
- potato
- pear
- moon
- ring
- ox
- pen
- o
- p
- pizza
- n
- r
- m
- nine
- nest
- monkey
- q
- ring
- question
- monkey
- q
- rice
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