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.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 2.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nose (b) rocket (c) paint
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rain (c) rabbit
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) question (c) pear
- 5.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 6.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 7.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) pan (b) rainbow (c) nose
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) queen (b) nine (c) octopus
- 9.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pen (c) rabbit
- 10.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) panda (c) nest
- 11.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 12.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mango (b) rose (c) panda
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) run
- 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 15.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nut (b) mouse (c) paint
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) mango (c) milk
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) needle
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) mango (c) road
- 19.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) rat (c) parrot
- 21.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) mango (b) popcorn (c) ox
- 22.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) nose (b) nest (c) ox
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 24.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) m
- 25.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nail (b) panda (c) popcorn
- 26.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) panda (b) nose (c) olive
- 27.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) rain (b) pin (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) robot (b) pan (c) needle
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) pizza
- 30.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) rain (c) olive
- 31.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 32.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rocket (b) moon (c) parrot
- 33.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 34.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 35.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rat (b) milk (c) needle
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) pin (c) question
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) pencil (c) nail
- 38.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 39.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) pencil (b) olive (c) rocket
- 40.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) peach
Answer key
- net
- nose
- olive
- pear
- r
- p
- rainbow
- octopus
- question
- mango
- p
- mango
- ox
- o
- mouse
- nose
- potato
- mango
- m
- rat
- ox
- ox
- ring
- r
- nail
- panda
- pin
- needle
- monkey
- olive
- q
- moon
- r
- o
- milk
- nest
- nail
- m
- pencil
- queen
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