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