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.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 2.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) map (b) olive (c) octopus
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) rat
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rainbow (c) pizza
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) pin
- 6.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 7.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) pizza (c) pin
- 9.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pan (b) nine (c) mouse
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rice (c) nail
- 11.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) mango (c) pan
- 13.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) question (c) nut
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) parrot (c) needle
- 16.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) pan (b) popcorn (c) road
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) mango (c) paint
- 19.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) rabbit (c) peach
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) peach (c) question
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) monkey (b) moon (c) octopus
- 22.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) red (b) pizza (c) rain
- 23.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) olive (c) rain
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 26.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nail (b) pear (c) nest
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) olive (c) potato
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) rainbow (c) pig
- 30.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 31.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 32.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) queen
- 33.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nail (c) rocket
- 34.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) road (b) milk (c) pen
- 36.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rain (b) nose (c) ring
- 37.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 39.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) milk (b) rainbow (c) panda
- 40.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
Answer key
- r
- map
- ox
- rainbow
- nose
- r
- p
- rat
- mouse
- octopus
- n
- mango
- p
- nut
- needle
- q
- road
- paint
- moon
- question
- octopus
- pizza
- n
- net
- q
- n
- pear
- potato
- pig
- m
- o
- queen
- question
- o
- milk
- nose
- m
- ox
- milk
- p
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