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 “map”? (a) peach (b) mouse (c) paint
- 2.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 3.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) popcorn (b) milk (c) question
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) pig (c) rocket
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) pear (c) monkey
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) paint (c) octopus
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) milk (c) nine
- 9.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) potato (b) pan (c) question
- 11.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) mouse
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) map (c) nose
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) robot (c) pencil
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) pencil (c) pear
- 15.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rice (b) rat (c) needle
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) nail (c) ox
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) question (b) red (c) ox
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) road (c) pan
- 19.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rose (b) nail (c) pencil
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) rose (c) milk
- 21.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) moon (b) pin (c) net
- 22.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 23.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) monkey
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) pizza (c) nest
- 26.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) parrot (c) milk
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) rat (c) needle
- 28.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) paint (b) rain (c) rose
- 29.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) needle
- 30.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 31.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) nail (c) moon
- 33.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pig (b) popcorn (c) octopus
- 34.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) robot (b) rainbow (c) milk
- 35.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) peach (b) pen (c) red
- 36.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 37.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 38.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pig (b) net (c) octopus
- 40.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
Answer key
- mouse
- n
- m
- question
- nest
- monkey
- queen
- pencil
- r
- question
- mouse
- map
- octopus
- mouse
- needle
- nail
- ox
- pan
- nail
- milk
- net
- n
- r
- nose
- road
- queen
- needle
- paint
- pencil
- r
- q
- moon
- octopus
- milk
- red
- r
- m
- o
- pig
- q
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