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.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 2.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) panda (b) popcorn (c) octopus
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) peach (b) robot (c) queen
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rocket (b) nine (c) parrot
- 5.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) parrot
- 6.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) mango (c) ring
- 8.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 9.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) moon (c) rabbit
- 11.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rocket (b) potato (c) nine
- 12.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) rabbit
- 13.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) map (b) panda (c) ox
- 14.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) road (b) octopus (c) rocket
- 16.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 17.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) monkey (b) map (c) pan
- 18.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) mouse (b) pencil (c) nail
- 19.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mouse (b) rice (c) pin
- 20.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) nine (c) panda
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) queen (c) olive
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) moon (c) parrot
- 24.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) question (b) needle (c) robot
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) peach (b) robot (c) road
- 26.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) ox (b) nine (c) rabbit
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) pin (c) rice
- 28.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) mouse (b) queen (c) ox
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) net (c) needle
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pear (c) robot
- 31.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pear (b) octopus (c) nut
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) rainbow (c) rocket
- 33.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) moon (b) ox (c) rat
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nut (c) rat
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) pan (c) rain
- 36.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) rose (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) rainbow (c) olive
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rocket (c) pen
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) run
Answer key
- n
- octopus
- queen
- nine
- needle
- p
- ring
- p
- q
- rabbit
- potato
- monkey
- ox
- o
- octopus
- nose
- pan
- nail
- mouse
- p
- panda
- mango
- moon
- needle
- peach
- rabbit
- pin
- queen
- ox
- pear
- nut
- map
- rat
- nut
- nail
- o
- popcorn
- olive
- nose
- monkey
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