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) olive (b) rainbow (c) nose
- 2.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) red (c) pear
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) net (c) paint
- 5.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) rocket
- 7.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) peach (b) rocket (c) ox
- 8.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 9.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) milk (b) peach (c) queen
- 10.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) octopus
- 11.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) mouse (c) milk
- 13.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) milk (b) olive (c) nose
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) pencil
- 15.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pig (c) nose
- 16.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rainbow (b) nose (c) monkey
- 17.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) mango (b) run (c) nine
- 18.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) nine (b) potato (c) rocket
- 19.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 20.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) potato
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) question (c) milk
- 22.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) red (c) road
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) nail (c) popcorn
- 24.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 25.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 26.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pizza (b) rice (c) octopus
- 27.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rabbit (b) pear (c) nine
- 28.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 29.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) monkey (b) popcorn (c) octopus
- 30.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 31.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) milk (b) red (c) octopus
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) monkey (c) pear
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nine (c) needle
- 34.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 35.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pin (b) mango (c) pencil
- 36.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 37.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) nut (c) pizza
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) ring (c) nut
- 40.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
Answer key
- nose
- m
- map
- net
- p
- olive
- ox
- r
- milk
- octopus
- q
- ring
- milk
- ox
- question
- monkey
- nine
- rocket
- m
- needle
- olive
- mango
- nail
- o
- o
- octopus
- pear
- m
- monkey
- r
- red
- monkey
- octopus
- q
- mango
- m
- p
- rice
- queen
- p
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