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 “map”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) rose
- 2.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) run (b) pig (c) mouse
- 3.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) map (b) nut (c) robot
- 4.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) mouse (b) nose (c) ox
- 5.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 6.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 7.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) needle (b) mouse (c) paint
- 8.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) rabbit (c) popcorn
- 9.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) paint (b) rat (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) parrot (c) pencil
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) pin (c) ring
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) rice (b) moon (c) rainbow
- 13.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nose (b) map (c) pizza
- 14.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) ring (b) pan (c) nose
- 15.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 16.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) pen
- 18.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) nine (c) nail
- 20.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) peach (b) queen (c) nine
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) net (b) octopus (c) pear
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) ox (c) needle
- 23.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 24.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nail (b) rabbit (c) question
- 25.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) robot (b) queen (c) pig
- 26.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) mango (b) monkey (c) pear
- 27.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) nest (c) question
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) rabbit
- 30.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) nine
- 31.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) robot (b) pen (c) queen
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) peach (c) octopus
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) queen (c) nine
- 34.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) nail
- 36.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) pen
- 37.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) potato (c) run
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) moon (c) panda
- 40.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) map (b) nest (c) rain
Answer key
- moon
- mouse
- robot
- ox
- n
- p
- needle
- map
- paint
- moon
- question
- moon
- map
- pan
- n
- m
- nail
- n
- rabbit
- nine
- net
- needle
- o
- nail
- pig
- pear
- o
- nest
- pizza
- nine
- pen
- mouse
- nine
- m
- queen
- pen
- p
- run
- queen
- nest
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