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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 2.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 3.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) olive (c) nose
- 4.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pan (b) robot (c) run
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) pin (c) queen
- 6.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) nest (c) mango
- 8.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) red (b) pizza (c) nut
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nail (c) mouse
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) rabbit
- 11.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) pin (c) robot
- 13.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) rainbow
- 14.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) rocket
- 15.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) pan (c) pig
- 16.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) mango (b) queen (c) panda
- 17.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 18.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 19.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pen (b) map (c) robot
- 20.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) potato (b) octopus (c) rocket
- 21.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) run (b) monkey (c) rose
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) milk (c) queen
- 23.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) ring (c) panda
- 25.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pear (b) octopus (c) net
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) map (c) popcorn
- 27.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) robot (c) ox
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) peach
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) moon (b) octopus (c) pen
- 31.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ring (b) red (c) nail
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rain (b) question (c) monkey
- 33.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 34.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) ox (c) olive
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) nose (c) pear
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) pear
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) pan (c) rainbow
- 38.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) pin (c) moon
- 40.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) pen (b) rainbow (c) moon
Answer key
- q
- n
- olive
- pan
- queen
- m
- mango
- nut
- question
- queen
- p
- robot
- pencil
- moon
- map
- mango
- p
- o
- map
- potato
- monkey
- milk
- r
- ring
- net
- map
- m
- ox
- nest
- octopus
- nail
- question
- p
- monkey
- nose
- nut
- rainbow
- m
- moon
- rainbow
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