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 “rocket”? (a) rice (b) net (c) nose
- 2.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 3.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nail (b) question (c) octopus
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) parrot (b) ox (c) peach
- 5.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) question (c) paint
- 7.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) needle (b) map (c) pear
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) net (c) rat
- 9.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pan (b) mouse (c) rose
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) red (c) nail
- 11.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 12.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) net (b) question (c) potato
- 14.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) olive
- 15.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 16.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rice (b) rabbit (c) queen
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) rice
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) net (c) red
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) red (b) pan (c) milk
- 21.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 22.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) queen (b) milk (c) pear
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) pin (c) road
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) monkey (c) queen
- 25.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) popcorn (c) map
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) needle (c) monkey
- 28.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 29.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 30.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) net (b) nest (c) pen
- 31.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) queen (c) mango
- 33.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) pen (b) red (c) potato
- 34.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) potato (b) ring (c) mango
- 35.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 36.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nose (b) queen (c) monkey
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) popcorn (c) panda
- 38.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 39.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
Answer key
- rice
- r
- nail
- ox
- m
- needle
- map
- pencil
- mouse
- pear
- m
- p
- question
- olive
- p
- p
- queen
- octopus
- red
- milk
- q
- milk
- road
- queen
- p
- rose
- monkey
- o
- n
- pen
- r
- mango
- red
- mango
- n
- monkey
- rocket
- o
- p
- m
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