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 “ring”? (a) mango (b) ox (c) rain
- 2.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) question
- 3.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) parrot (c) peach
- 5.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) pear (b) rain (c) needle
- 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) monkey (b) ox (c) road
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) nut (c) monkey
- 8.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nut (c) ring
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 12.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) rice (b) moon (c) rose
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) map (c) ox
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) rainbow (c) nose
- 15.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 16.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) octopus
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) milk (c) net
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) run (c) moon
- 19.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pizza (b) rose (c) milk
- 20.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) mango (b) pig (c) ox
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pig (b) needle (c) map
- 22.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) rat (c) olive
- 24.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 25.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 26.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 27.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) rocket (b) rabbit (c) pear
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) ring (c) ox
- 29.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nest (b) rat (c) pin
- 30.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) pig
- 31.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) pen (c) rocket
- 33.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rice (b) nut (c) pig
- 34.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) panda (c) potato
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) map (b) red (c) rain
- 36.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 37.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) olive
- 39.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) needle (b) rat (c) parrot
- 40.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nine (b) run (c) needle
Answer key
- rain
- ox
- r
- needle
- needle
- ox
- nut
- r
- o
- ox
- q
- moon
- pen
- parrot
- p
- octopus
- net
- moon
- milk
- pig
- map
- o
- olive
- n
- q
- n
- pear
- monkey
- nest
- milk
- p
- rocket
- rice
- question
- map
- p
- o
- olive
- rat
- run
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