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 picture starts like “milk”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) peach
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) nine (c) octopus
- 3.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) rainbow (c) mango
- 5.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 7.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) road (b) ox (c) pig
- 8.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rat (b) nail (c) olive
- 9.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 10.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) paint (c) popcorn
- 12.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) paint (c) red
- 14.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) popcorn
- 15.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) pizza
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) pencil (c) nut
- 18.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) map (c) red
- 20.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) mouse
- 22.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pin (b) ox (c) road
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) pear (c) queen
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) rocket
- 25.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) mango (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) ring (c) red
- 27.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 28.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) moon (b) nut (c) panda
- 29.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 30.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) monkey (b) pin (c) run
- 31.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) rocket (c) nail
- 33.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) rain (c) nest
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) net
- 36.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 37.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nail (b) question (c) ox
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) nest (c) map
- 39.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) pin (c) road
- 40.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) monkey (b) red (c) popcorn
Answer key
- monkey
- nine
- m
- needle
- p
- m
- pig
- rat
- r
- m
- nose
- r
- milk
- popcorn
- o
- pizza
- question
- m
- pig
- n
- mouse
- road
- pear
- queen
- octopus
- pencil
- n
- moon
- m
- run
- q
- nail
- n
- nest
- queen
- r
- question
- run
- ox
- red
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