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 word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mango (b) queen (c) peach
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) milk (c) peach
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) map (c) rain
- 4.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) queen (c) nose
- 6.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 7.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) needle (b) rainbow (c) pan
- 9.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) potato (c) ox
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) road (c) moon
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pen (c) pin
- 12.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) mango (b) rocket (c) pizza
- 13.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nut (b) question (c) pin
- 15.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) mouse (b) pencil (c) popcorn
- 16.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) panda
- 18.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 20.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) popcorn (b) rain (c) run
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) paint (c) rocket
- 23.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) olive (b) parrot (c) robot
- 24.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 25.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ring (b) question (c) rice
- 26.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rainbow (b) nut (c) panda
- 28.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rain (b) nose (c) nut
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) rainbow (c) monkey
- 31.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) peach
- 32.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 33.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 34.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) run (b) moon (c) red
- 35.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) nest
- 36.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) pen (c) nest
- 38.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 39.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) pin (b) needle (c) red
- 40.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
Answer key
- queen
- octopus
- map
- r
- nose
- r
- m
- rainbow
- nose
- queen
- ox
- pizza
- m
- pin
- mouse
- n
- ox
- n
- q
- o
- popcorn
- rocket
- robot
- m
- question
- p
- nut
- m
- rain
- monkey
- moon
- n
- o
- moon
- nest
- r
- nest
- r
- pin
- p
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