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 “octopus”? (a) potato (b) olive (c) pen
- 2.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mouse (b) rice (c) nine
- 3.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) ring (c) rose
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) mango (c) octopus
- 6.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 7.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 8.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 10.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) popcorn (b) run (c) olive
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) pizza (c) olive
- 12.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 13.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 14.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) paint (b) nut (c) monkey
- 15.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) popcorn
- 17.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 18.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) run (b) ox (c) panda
- 19.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 20.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) pin
- 22.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pan (b) needle (c) moon
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) potato
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) ox (c) nut
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nail (c) pin
- 27.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nest (b) rat (c) peach
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rice (b) needle (c) queen
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) nut
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) moon (c) queen
- 31.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) ring (b) question (c) panda
- 32.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) paint (b) pen (c) net
- 34.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 35.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) needle (b) pear (c) nose
- 36.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 37.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) pizza (b) milk (c) rose
- 38.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 39.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) rocket
- 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
Answer key
- olive
- mouse
- r
- nest
- mango
- q
- n
- r
- o
- popcorn
- olive
- m
- n
- nut
- r
- mouse
- p
- ox
- o
- n
- pin
- moon
- monkey
- q
- nut
- nail
- nest
- queen
- ox
- nose
- question
- p
- net
- o
- pear
- p
- rose
- m
- nose
- m
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