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 “p”? (a) potato (b) olive (c) rice
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) rose (c) nest
- 3.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nose (b) olive (c) ring
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) peach (c) robot
- 6.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) nest
- 7.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) mango (c) nut
- 8.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) parrot (b) ring (c) moon
- 9.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) nail (c) rat
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) pen (c) red
- 12.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) octopus (b) nine (c) rocket
- 13.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pin (b) nut (c) octopus
- 14.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) needle
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) pig (c) nut
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) nail (c) moon
- 17.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) nose (c) octopus
- 19.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) moon (c) nine
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) monkey (c) queen
- 21.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rose (b) nest (c) nose
- 22.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) question (c) run
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) moon (c) nose
- 25.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pizza (b) map (c) net
- 26.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) monkey (b) nail (c) paint
- 27.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) mango (b) nail (c) ring
- 29.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 30.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) ring (b) paint (c) queen
- 31.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) parrot
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) rose
- 34.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 35.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 36.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 37.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pen (b) olive (c) robot
- 39.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pan (c) queen
Answer key
- potato
- nest
- p
- olive
- robot
- nest
- olive
- ring
- q
- nail
- red
- nine
- octopus
- needle
- nut
- moon
- m
- octopus
- queen
- monkey
- rose
- p
- question
- nose
- map
- nail
- nest
- nail
- m
- ring
- p
- ox
- mouse
- o
- q
- r
- p
- olive
- o
- ox
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