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 “m”? (a) rocket (b) rice (c) milk
- 2.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) net
- 3.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) robot (c) ox
- 5.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 6.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) run (b) milk (c) nail
- 7.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 8.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) nut (c) rice
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) run (c) rat
- 11.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) peach (c) pizza
- 12.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) nail (b) parrot (c) rose
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) nose (c) mango
- 14.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 15.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) pizza (c) popcorn
- 16.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) question (b) mango (c) nose
- 17.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rain (b) peach (c) queen
- 19.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 20.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) question (c) rat
- 22.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) octopus (b) peach (c) road
- 24.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) needle (c) ring
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) map
- 27.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) run (b) pan (c) peach
- 28.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 29.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 30.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) octopus (b) pen (c) question
- 31.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) parrot (b) road (c) ox
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) rain (c) rose
- 33.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) nail (b) road (c) pin
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) olive (c) parrot
- 35.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) parrot (c) red
- 37.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pizza (b) octopus (c) nine
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rain (c) mango
- 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
Answer key
- milk
- question
- q
- ox
- r
- nail
- o
- p
- rice
- moon
- mango
- parrot
- nose
- n
- monkey
- mango
- o
- queen
- p
- m
- nine
- r
- peach
- m
- ring
- map
- run
- q
- m
- pen
- ox
- mango
- pin
- rat
- m
- parrot
- m
- octopus
- net
- n
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