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.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) rose
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) robot (c) net
- 4.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 5.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pencil (c) robot
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) nut
- 7.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) ox (c) robot
- 8.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 9.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) red
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) pig (c) mango
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) ring
- 12.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nose (b) question (c) ring
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) potato (c) run
- 14.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rat (b) map (c) parrot
- 15.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) rat (c) potato
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) pencil
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) question (c) milk
- 19.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) map (c) pencil
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) nest (c) pig
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) robot
- 23.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) queen (b) moon (c) nose
- 24.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 25.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 26.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 27.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 28.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rose (b) nose (c) ox
- 30.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) rice (b) octopus (c) nose
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) popcorn (c) needle
- 32.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) nest (b) nut (c) monkey
- 33.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 34.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 35.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 36.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) net (b) map (c) run
- 37.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) robot (b) olive (c) pencil
- 38.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) ox (b) red (c) octopus
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) panda (c) nut
- 40.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) run (b) octopus (c) parrot
Answer key
- o
- pizza
- octopus
- q
- olive
- queen
- mango
- n
- nest
- mango
- nose
- question
- run
- rat
- q
- potato
- moon
- milk
- m
- pencil
- nest
- robot
- nose
- p
- p
- n
- n
- p
- ox
- rice
- needle
- monkey
- m
- m
- o
- net
- pencil
- red
- nut
- run
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