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.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) nut
- 3.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) pencil
- 4.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) nose (c) nut
- 6.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) nose (c) octopus
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) rabbit
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) pizza (c) nine
- 10.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) nut (b) rose (c) paint
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) potato
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rabbit (c) question
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) monkey (c) nest
- 14.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) pen (c) nut
- 16.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pizza (b) potato (c) question
- 17.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 18.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) moon (c) panda
- 20.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) paint
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nose (b) olive (c) milk
- 22.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) nail (c) pan
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rat (c) red
- 25.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) map (b) rose (c) nest
- 26.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) olive (b) peach (c) mango
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) rain (c) pin
- 28.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) needle
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) pen (c) olive
- 31.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) popcorn (b) olive (c) ring
- 32.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 33.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) pan (c) moon
- 34.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 35.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 36.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rocket (b) queen (c) pizza
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) robot (c) needle
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) nail (c) mouse
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) paint (c) nose
- 40.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
Answer key
- o
- octopus
- nest
- m
- run
- q
- nose
- rabbit
- nine
- paint
- queen
- olive
- nest
- r
- map
- question
- m
- m
- moon
- paint
- olive
- n
- nail
- octopus
- nest
- mango
- rain
- r
- monkey
- ring
- popcorn
- p
- octopus
- n
- r
- queen
- robot
- mouse
- paint
- p
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