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 picture starts like “potato”? (a) nail (b) pear (c) nine
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pencil (b) nut (c) olive
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) run (c) needle
- 4.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) robot (c) run
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) peach
- 7.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) run (b) rabbit (c) nut
- 8.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) mouse (c) nest
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) pan (c) octopus
- 11.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 12.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) ring (b) parrot (c) nail
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 14.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) mouse (b) rose (c) popcorn
- 15.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 16.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) pear
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) peach (c) rice
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) pear (c) nut
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) rice (c) olive
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) question (c) red
- 21.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 22.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 23.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) olive (b) mango (c) pear
- 24.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) octopus (c) net
- 26.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 27.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) rat (b) pizza (c) octopus
- 28.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) question (b) nut (c) moon
- 29.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) panda (b) pin (c) rose
- 30.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) pencil (c) nose
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) potato (c) rocket
- 33.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) pencil
- 34.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rainbow (b) nose (c) queen
- 36.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 38.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) potato (c) ring
- 40.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
Answer key
- pear
- olive
- needle
- q
- parrot
- queen
- nut
- m
- rainbow
- octopus
- m
- parrot
- o
- popcorn
- o
- nail
- rice
- rain
- olive
- red
- m
- n
- mango
- p
- net
- n
- pizza
- moon
- rose
- r
- question
- map
- ox
- r
- queen
- n
- milk
- r
- nest
- m
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