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