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.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 2.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rainbow (b) moon (c) ox
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rice (b) red (c) ox
- 4.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pencil (b) queen (c) monkey
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) nest (c) ox
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rat (b) red (c) monkey
- 7.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 8.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) mango (c) nail
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) moon (c) nine
- 11.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rain (b) nest (c) parrot
- 12.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) nine
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 14.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) robot
- 15.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) paint (b) nut (c) moon
- 16.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pin (c) mouse
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rose (c) rabbit
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pig (b) run (c) mouse
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) net (c) panda
- 21.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 22.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) pen (b) nine (c) rose
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) rocket (c) mouse
- 24.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) queen
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 26.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) moon (c) nail
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) nut (c) pen
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) nine (c) monkey
- 30.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) nest (c) nail
- 32.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 33.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) moon (c) monkey
- 35.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 36.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 37.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) ox (b) mango (c) pin
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) map (c) rain
- 39.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
Answer key
- r
- ox
- ox
- monkey
- nest
- monkey
- n
- n
- ring
- moon
- rain
- olive
- o
- queen
- moon
- r
- queen
- question
- mouse
- net
- q
- rose
- rocket
- nest
- q
- o
- question
- nut
- monkey
- p
- milk
- m
- p
- pen
- r
- p
- mango
- olive
- o
- n
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