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.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 2.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 3.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 4.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 5.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) pan (b) milk (c) octopus
- 6.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pizza (b) nine (c) rose
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) panda (c) peach
- 8.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) olive
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pizza (c) nine
- 11.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nest (b) red (c) pig
- 12.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) road (b) map (c) nest
- 13.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rose (c) rocket
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) nose (c) pencil
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) nut (c) net
- 16.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) pan (c) octopus
- 18.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rain (b) pig (c) olive
- 19.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) map (c) pig
- 21.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) olive (c) nest
- 23.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) moon (c) needle
- 25.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) run (c) nail
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) rocket (c) monkey
- 28.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) panda (b) rat (c) ox
- 29.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) map (c) ring
- 31.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rice (b) olive (c) rainbow
- 32.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) potato (b) moon (c) road
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) monkey (c) rain
- 34.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) map
- 35.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) olive (c) parrot
- 37.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) potato (b) nut (c) moon
- 38.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) moon (b) nest (c) monkey
- 39.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) potato (b) mouse (c) rocket
Answer key
- n
- p
- n
- p
- pan
- nine
- rose
- r
- olive
- queen
- nest
- road
- question
- nose
- pear
- n
- map
- rain
- n
- pig
- o
- nest
- p
- moon
- n
- run
- monkey
- panda
- o
- ring
- olive
- moon
- panda
- octopus
- p
- rice
- moon
- nest
- n
- potato
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