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