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 “nail”? (a) pizza (b) nine (c) monkey
- 2.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nail (b) queen (c) map
- 4.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pizza (b) nine (c) parrot
- 5.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rat (b) rabbit (c) octopus
- 7.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) octopus
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) net (b) question (c) pizza
- 10.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rice (b) queen (c) nut
- 11.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) rain (c) pen
- 13.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) moon
- 14.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 15.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) ring
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pizza (b) red (c) queen
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) pear
- 19.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 20.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 21.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 22.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 23.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rat (b) monkey (c) paint
- 24.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 25.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) paint (b) olive (c) road
- 26.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) moon (b) potato (c) run
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) ox (c) mouse
- 28.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) mouse (b) rainbow (c) nine
- 29.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) road (b) run (c) nail
- 30.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) monkey (b) nail (c) panda
- 31.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 32.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 33.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 34.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 35.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) rabbit (b) ring (c) mouse
- 36.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rocket (b) paint (c) nine
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) olive (c) milk
- 38.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) panda (b) octopus (c) red
- 39.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 40.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
Answer key
- nine
- q
- queen
- nine
- p
- octopus
- p
- moon
- question
- rice
- q
- nail
- rose
- r
- m
- ring
- queen
- olive
- o
- n
- p
- m
- paint
- r
- road
- potato
- mouse
- nine
- nail
- nail
- r
- n
- n
- r
- mouse
- nine
- milk
- panda
- p
- r
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