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.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 2.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) nut (b) mouse (c) pen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) potato (b) octopus (c) olive
- 4.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) ox
- 6.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) mango
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) pen (c) nine
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) parrot (c) map
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) rose (c) nose
- 11.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 12.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) map (c) pin
- 14.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) rat (c) pin
- 15.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ox (b) pig (c) needle
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rainbow (b) mouse (c) nest
- 17.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) map (b) olive (c) net
- 18.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pig (b) pear (c) map
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) pencil (c) popcorn
- 20.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) map (c) nail
- 22.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 23.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) queen (b) ox (c) paint
- 25.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) rocket (c) question
- 27.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) nine (c) mouse
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pencil (c) nut
- 30.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) peach (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) milk (c) question
- 32.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rocket (b) mango (c) pan
- 33.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 34.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pizza (b) octopus (c) mango
- 35.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 36.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) pig (c) needle
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) pin (c) nose
- 39.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) queen
- 40.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
Answer key
- q
- pen
- potato
- r
- ox
- m
- olive
- nine
- map
- mango
- r
- q
- question
- octopus
- needle
- nest
- olive
- map
- rabbit
- m
- pizza
- r
- n
- paint
- n
- rocket
- p
- mouse
- pencil
- rabbit
- milk
- mango
- n
- mango
- o
- m
- needle
- pin
- nail
- o
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