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) olive (b) nail (c) pig
- 2.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nine (b) rice (c) pen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) peach (b) question (c) popcorn
- 4.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) net (c) rocket
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rain (b) mouse (c) ox
- 7.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 8.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 9.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) peach (c) mouse
- 11.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) parrot (b) popcorn (c) net
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) parrot (c) ox
- 13.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nose (b) ring (c) monkey
- 14.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) monkey (c) moon
- 15.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) nut (c) red
- 17.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ox (b) nut (c) question
- 18.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) nest (c) question
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) nail
- 21.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 22.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) moon (b) nest (c) parrot
- 23.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) road
- 24.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) octopus
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) red (c) question
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) ring (c) mouse
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) monkey
- 28.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) peach (c) rat
- 30.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) question (c) pen
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) pen (c) rose
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) nest
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) popcorn (c) map
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) rocket (c) nine
- 36.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 37.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) question (b) milk (c) rat
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 40.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
Answer key
- olive
- nine
- question
- m
- rocket
- mouse
- m
- m
- m
- mouse
- net
- ox
- nose
- ox
- p
- red
- question
- q
- octopus
- nail
- o
- nest
- pear
- nine
- nest
- pig
- queen
- n
- rat
- n
- milk
- rose
- monkey
- popcorn
- nine
- r
- o
- milk
- pizza
- r
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