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.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) net (c) pin
- 3.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) nose (b) rabbit (c) peach
- 4.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) robot (c) moon
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 7.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) nut (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 8.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nut (b) panda (c) mango
- 10.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pan (b) question (c) pizza
- 11.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 12.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) needle (c) ox
- 14.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) rain
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) pan (c) nose
- 16.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rain (b) nail (c) moon
- 18.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) rainbow (c) queen
- 20.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 21.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) red (c) run
- 23.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pencil (b) rice (c) nine
- 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pin (b) ox (c) rat
- 25.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) potato (c) robot
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) run (c) queen
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) rainbow (c) olive
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) olive
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) ring (c) map
- 31.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pencil (b) rainbow (c) nail
- 32.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nine (b) needle (c) monkey
- 33.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) panda (b) ring (c) nose
- 34.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rocket (b) question (c) nest
- 36.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) nose
- 38.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mango (b) red (c) olive
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) ring (c) peach
- 40.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
Answer key
- o
- net
- peach
- p
- pear
- m
- rainbow
- r
- mango
- question
- r
- r
- pizza
- needle
- pan
- p
- moon
- n
- queen
- m
- o
- question
- nine
- ox
- o
- robot
- pen
- olive
- milk
- paint
- nail
- monkey
- ring
- n
- nest
- olive
- parrot
- mango
- ring
- p
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