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