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.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 2.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) queen (b) nest (c) pear
- 3.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) ox (c) pan
- 5.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) road
- 6.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 7.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) needle (c) mango
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) rice (c) nail
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) run (c) monkey
- 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) nut
- 12.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) net (c) pen
- 14.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rain (b) milk (c) nose
- 15.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rose (b) rain (c) octopus
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) red (c) nut
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) olive (c) rose
- 19.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) pig (b) pin (c) rat
- 20.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 21.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 22.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mouse (b) pen (c) question
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) paint (c) nail
- 24.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) nest (b) pencil (c) needle
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) milk (c) nest
- 26.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 27.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 28.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) olive (c) nine
- 30.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 31.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) paint (b) rocket (c) mango
- 33.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rocket (b) queen (c) mango
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) pin (c) monkey
- 35.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pizza (c) map
- 37.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rocket (b) pin (c) rat
- 38.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) nail
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) paint (b) octopus (c) moon
Answer key
- r
- nest
- m
- ox
- road
- m
- o
- needle
- nail
- run
- nut
- n
- net
- nose
- octopus
- m
- nut
- rose
- rat
- p
- q
- question
- paint
- pencil
- milk
- p
- m
- p
- nine
- p
- m
- paint
- mango
- monkey
- n
- pizza
- pin
- n
- ox
- octopus
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