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