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.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 2.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 3.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pen (b) mango (c) net
- 4.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) milk
- 5.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pan (b) run (c) mango
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) question (c) mango
- 7.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 8.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) pear
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rat (c) moon
- 11.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nail (b) potato (c) ox
- 12.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) pin (b) rat (c) olive
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) moon (c) pig
- 15.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) rose (c) nail
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) mouse
- 17.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 18.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nut (b) milk (c) rain
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 20.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pan (b) pig (c) map
- 22.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) rat (c) pan
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) needle (c) run
- 25.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 26.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mouse (b) olive (c) net
- 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) road (c) pan
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) pig (c) nut
- 29.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pin (b) question (c) nine
- 30.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) paint (b) nose (c) pear
- 31.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) nail (c) rat
- 33.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) nail (b) rose (c) nose
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) pear
- 35.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) rocket (c) olive
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) milk (c) pig
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) ring (c) map
- 39.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 40.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) nail (c) red
Answer key
- p
- n
- mango
- paint
- mango
- question
- o
- pear
- o
- octopus
- ox
- pin
- m
- moon
- queen
- queen
- q
- milk
- q
- m
- map
- n
- pan
- needle
- n
- mouse
- olive
- nut
- question
- nose
- p
- nail
- rose
- mouse
- n
- rocket
- rat
- ox
- r
- mango
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