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