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) peach (b) moon (c) needle
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) nose (c) ox
- 3.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 4.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) moon (b) nut (c) octopus
- 5.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) pear (c) run
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) pear (c) queen
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) olive (b) question (c) nut
- 8.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 9.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) red (b) potato (c) olive
- 10.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 11.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) pizza (b) rabbit (c) milk
- 12.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) parrot (c) pan
- 14.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) popcorn (b) potato (c) nose
- 15.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) red (b) run (c) pencil
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) road (c) nest
- 17.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) road (b) nine (c) pizza
- 18.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) question (c) octopus
- 20.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pen (b) mouse (c) net
- 21.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) map (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 22.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) ox
- 24.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) pencil
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) run (c) panda
- 26.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 27.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rabbit (b) needle (c) parrot
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) red (c) moon
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rat (b) milk (c) pen
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) pan (c) nut
- 31.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) map (b) nose (c) mouse
- 32.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) nail
- 33.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) rocket
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) nest (c) pan
- 35.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) peach (b) nine (c) pear
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) net
- 37.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 38.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 39.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) map
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) map (c) ox
Answer key
- needle
- ox
- m
- nut
- ox
- pear
- question
- p
- olive
- m
- pizza
- o
- queen
- nose
- pencil
- monkey
- road
- o
- robot
- net
- octopus
- n
- monkey
- nail
- run
- n
- parrot
- pig
- milk
- nut
- nose
- olive
- rocket
- pan
- nine
- panda
- n
- n
- rice
- map
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