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.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 2.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 3.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) milk (b) pizza (c) rat
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) panda
- 5.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 6.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 7.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) peach (c) ring
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mouse (b) question (c) needle
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) robot (c) question
- 11.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) parrot (b) ring (c) octopus
- 12.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 14.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) pig (b) nest (c) map
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nose (b) run (c) ox
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) net (c) paint
- 17.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pear (b) peach (c) mango
- 18.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) parrot (b) octopus (c) pencil
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pencil (c) nine
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) question
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) pen (c) nose
- 22.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rain (b) olive (c) milk
- 23.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) pear (b) ring (c) mango
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) rice (c) map
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) robot (c) moon
- 26.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 27.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) nest
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) net (c) mango
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) rain (c) panda
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) rocket (c) moon
- 32.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) rainbow
- 33.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) map (b) octopus (c) queen
- 35.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 36.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) pig (c) peach
- 38.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) mango (c) paint
- 40.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nine (b) red (c) rain
Answer key
- m
- r
- rat
- nail
- r
- o
- q
- peach
- question
- monkey
- parrot
- m
- o
- pig
- ox
- paint
- mango
- octopus
- queen
- rabbit
- nose
- milk
- pear
- rice
- robot
- m
- m
- mouse
- net
- panda
- parrot
- rainbow
- m
- octopus
- q
- r
- nine
- p
- mango
- nine
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