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 “nut”? (a) nest (b) rat (c) potato
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) rabbit (c) moon
- 3.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) popcorn (b) question (c) nose
- 4.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 5.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) queen
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) run (c) octopus
- 7.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) map
- 8.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 9.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) rat (c) nail
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) olive (c) pear
- 12.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) road (c) pear
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) peach (b) question (c) rice
- 14.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 15.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 16.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 17.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 18.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nose (b) milk (c) needle
- 19.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mouse (b) rat (c) needle
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) needle (c) octopus
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pan (c) parrot
- 22.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 23.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 24.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 25.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) rabbit (b) pig (c) milk
- 26.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) run
- 27.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 28.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) robot (b) nail (c) pig
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) octopus (c) mango
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 31.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) queen (c) red
- 33.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rocket (b) parrot (c) rainbow
- 34.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) rainbow (b) potato (c) milk
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nose (b) ox (c) milk
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) nut
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) rat (c) net
- 38.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) rat (b) pear (c) nut
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nail (c) pin
- 40.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) rocket (b) nail (c) ox
Answer key
- nest
- moon
- question
- p
- nose
- octopus
- pencil
- p
- m
- nail
- olive
- nine
- question
- n
- m
- n
- q
- milk
- mouse
- needle
- ox
- m
- n
- r
- pig
- queen
- n
- pig
- pencil
- o
- p
- milk
- parrot
- potato
- milk
- paint
- net
- rat
- rat
- rocket
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