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