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.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 2.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rat (b) potato (c) paint
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) ox
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) road (b) net (c) olive
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) nut (c) peach
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) pen (c) monkey
- 7.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) panda (b) octopus (c) road
- 8.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) pizza (b) net (c) olive
- 9.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) pizza (c) olive
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) ring (c) pizza
- 12.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) milk (c) run
- 14.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) milk (b) potato (c) nose
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) nose (c) mango
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) run (c) rainbow
- 17.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 18.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) rain (b) monkey (c) pear
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nail (b) paint (c) moon
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nose (b) question (c) olive
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) potato (c) nut
- 22.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nest (b) pencil (c) milk
- 23.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) mango (b) robot (c) pan
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) rain
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) map (c) nine
- 26.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 27.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) ring (b) pencil (c) mango
- 28.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 29.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 30.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pig (b) ox (c) queen
- 31.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 32.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) road (b) nose (c) pan
- 33.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 34.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rice (b) nail (c) pencil
- 35.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nail (b) pin (c) milk
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) pig
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) queen (c) rose
- 38.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 39.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rat (b) ring (c) olive
- 40.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
Answer key
- r
- rat
- queen
- olive
- nut
- monkey
- octopus
- pizza
- n
- nest
- queen
- q
- olive
- potato
- ring
- moon
- n
- pear
- paint
- question
- potato
- nest
- mango
- rain
- pen
- m
- pencil
- o
- m
- ox
- n
- nose
- m
- pencil
- nail
- pig
- rose
- q
- olive
- p
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