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.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) mouse (c) potato
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) ox (c) nest
- 3.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) pan
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rat (c) pin
- 5.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 6.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nine (b) map (c) rice
- 7.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) net (b) nut (c) queen
- 8.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) rain (c) nine
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) needle
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) road (c) nose
- 12.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rose (c) octopus
- 14.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) rainbow (c) mango
- 16.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 17.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) red
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) road
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) queen
- 21.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) map (b) nut (c) parrot
- 22.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 23.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) map (c) pencil
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) run (c) milk
- 26.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) moon (b) mango (c) rain
- 27.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) red (b) rainbow (c) pencil
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) run (b) rat (c) pizza
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) potato
- 30.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) pizza (b) mango (c) road
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) monkey (c) map
- 32.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 33.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 34.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 35.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) nose
- 37.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 38.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 39.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 40.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
Answer key
- needle
- nest
- pan
- question
- r
- nine
- queen
- q
- nine
- octopus
- road
- o
- moon
- r
- mango
- n
- o
- red
- nut
- queen
- parrot
- n
- m
- question
- run
- rain
- pencil
- pizza
- ox
- road
- rainbow
- p
- r
- n
- m
- olive
- p
- m
- p
- p
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