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.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 2.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rain (b) rose (c) queen
- 3.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) ox (b) pig (c) run
- 4.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) map (c) paint
- 6.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rat (c) red
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 8.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 9.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rocket (b) nut (c) rabbit
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) pin
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) mouse (c) road
- 12.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pencil (b) nine (c) rainbow
- 13.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) pear (c) rocket
- 14.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pizza (b) red (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) ring (c) ox
- 17.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) ox (b) needle (c) ring
- 18.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) queen (b) peach (c) nose
- 19.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) nine (c) rabbit
- 21.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rainbow (c) nail
- 23.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nut (b) map (c) queen
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) nest (c) red
- 27.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) milk (c) potato
- 29.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 30.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mango (b) parrot (c) rice
- 31.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) robot (b) milk (c) question
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) nine (c) pencil
- 33.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pan (c) pear
- 34.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rocket (b) rain (c) nut
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pin (b) moon (c) net
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) pizza (c) peach
- 38.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) net (b) nail (c) octopus
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) road
- 40.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) nest (b) pin (c) ring
Answer key
- m
- queen
- run
- n
- paint
- question
- q
- n
- nut
- rainbow
- mouse
- nine
- ox
- p
- olive
- ox
- ring
- peach
- m
- rabbit
- n
- octopus
- o
- map
- q
- red
- r
- milk
- r
- mango
- milk
- nine
- olive
- r
- nut
- net
- olive
- octopus
- needle
- pin
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