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.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) mango (c) net
- 3.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) rabbit (b) nest (c) milk
- 4.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 5.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) red (b) rabbit (c) net
- 6.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 7.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) mango (b) pig (c) nine
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) potato (b) queen (c) rice
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pear
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) question (c) pan
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mango (b) rice (c) ox
- 12.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) rice (c) road
- 13.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) paint (b) map (c) olive
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) potato (c) nose
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) pizza (c) nose
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) rat (c) potato
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rainbow (b) queen (c) mango
- 18.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) red (b) needle (c) popcorn
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) pan (c) milk
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) olive (c) rice
- 21.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 22.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 23.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) needle (b) potato (c) rain
- 24.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) potato (b) nose (c) map
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) rat (c) monkey
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) paint (c) red
- 27.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) run (c) milk
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) nail (c) run
- 29.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) peach (c) rainbow
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) octopus (c) queen
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) nut (c) potato
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) pen
- 33.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 34.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) octopus (b) pencil (c) rice
- 35.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 36.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 37.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nail (b) moon (c) ox
- 38.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 39.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) moon (b) potato (c) olive
- 40.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) parrot (b) rose (c) ox
Answer key
- m
- mango
- rabbit
- q
- net
- o
- nine
- queen
- pear
- olive
- ox
- ox
- map
- nose
- monkey
- map
- queen
- needle
- milk
- nest
- n
- p
- needle
- nose
- rat
- question
- nose
- run
- monkey
- ring
- potato
- pen
- r
- rice
- n
- o
- ox
- n
- potato
- parrot
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