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 “needle”? (a) ox (b) mouse (c) nut
- 2.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 3.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 4.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) rat
- 6.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nail (b) monkey (c) rain
- 7.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) mouse (b) needle (c) pen
- 8.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) ring (b) rain (c) net
- 10.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) queen (b) map (c) paint
- 11.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 12.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 13.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) net (b) nine (c) olive
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) paint
- 15.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mango (b) rose (c) paint
- 16.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) pizza (b) robot (c) monkey
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) pig (c) nest
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) milk (c) rain
- 19.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pencil (b) pig (c) needle
- 20.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) mouse (b) nose (c) pear
- 22.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) map (c) popcorn
- 23.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pig (b) question (c) rat
- 24.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pin (b) rose (c) queen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pizza (b) moon (c) rocket
- 26.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) peach (c) red
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) red (b) needle (c) popcorn
- 28.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pin (b) rat (c) net
- 29.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) nine
- 30.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pencil (b) milk (c) nose
- 31.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pig (b) monkey (c) nail
- 33.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rainbow (b) pin (c) milk
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pencil (c) moon
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) pencil (c) nine
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) red (c) rainbow
- 37.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) milk (b) robot (c) peach
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) queen (c) pen
- 39.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pencil (b) rain (c) mango
- 40.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
Answer key
- nut
- m
- p
- n
- pig
- monkey
- pen
- o
- net
- map
- n
- m
- olive
- ox
- mango
- robot
- nest
- milk
- needle
- m
- pear
- queen
- question
- rose
- rocket
- ox
- popcorn
- net
- nine
- milk
- r
- monkey
- rainbow
- queen
- nine
- needle
- robot
- mango
- mango
- m
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