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.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 2.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) olive (b) potato (c) moon
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) map (c) nest
- 4.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) moon (c) run
- 5.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) olive (b) nest (c) queen
- 6.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) milk (b) pan (c) rainbow
- 7.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) needle (c) mango
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rabbit (b) panda (c) rose
- 10.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 11.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) net (b) pig (c) monkey
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) pen (c) olive
- 13.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) parrot
- 15.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) rocket (c) map
- 17.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 18.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) red (b) question (c) pan
- 19.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) ring (b) monkey (c) parrot
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) run (c) rice
- 21.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nose (b) panda (c) ring
- 22.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) mouse (b) rain (c) nest
- 23.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) mango
- 25.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rainbow (b) rice (c) olive
- 27.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pig (b) needle (c) mango
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) needle (c) red
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) question (c) mouse
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 31.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) peach
- 32.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 33.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pig
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) nest
- 35.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) net (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 36.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nest (b) rain (c) mouse
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) rocket (c) net
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) pen (c) monkey
- 39.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 40.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
Answer key
- n
- potato
- nest
- olive
- queen
- milk
- n
- question
- panda
- n
- pig
- rose
- p
- milk
- q
- map
- n
- question
- parrot
- ox
- ring
- nest
- p
- octopus
- o
- olive
- needle
- needle
- olive
- o
- moon
- m
- nose
- monkey
- rabbit
- nest
- pencil
- nine
- m
- p
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