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 “ox”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) nine
- 2.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) rocket (b) pin (c) mouse
- 3.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) net (b) popcorn (c) moon
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) map (c) nut
- 5.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 7.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) red (c) octopus
- 9.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) mango (c) nail
- 11.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) ox (b) rice (c) potato
- 12.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 14.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) ring
- 15.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) olive (b) potato (c) rat
- 16.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 17.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) rain (b) question (c) pig
- 18.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) nose
- 20.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) pen (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) question (c) potato
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) map
- 23.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) red (b) rice (c) pig
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) rat (c) mango
- 26.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) map
- 27.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nest (b) pizza (c) pin
- 28.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) question
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) run
- 30.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pear (b) olive (c) net
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) octopus (c) nest
- 32.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) mango (b) rice (c) pear
- 33.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) nut
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) map (c) queen
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) nut (c) mouse
- 36.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) ox (b) ring (c) pan
- 37.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) red (c) popcorn
- 38.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 39.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rocket (b) octopus (c) parrot
- 40.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
Answer key
- olive
- rocket
- moon
- nut
- q
- m
- o
- nine
- m
- olive
- rice
- n
- o
- ring
- potato
- o
- question
- n
- nose
- monkey
- question
- octopus
- r
- pig
- rat
- nest
- nest
- pencil
- ox
- olive
- nest
- rice
- nut
- queen
- mouse
- pan
- queen
- m
- octopus
- n
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