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 picture starts like “pan”? (a) map (b) question (c) pizza
- 2.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) nail
- 3.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) mouse (c) needle
- 5.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rose (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) ox (c) robot
- 7.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 8.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) ox
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) pen
- 10.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) panda (c) nest
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) question (c) needle
- 13.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rainbow (b) octopus (c) pin
- 14.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) road (c) pin
- 16.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) ring (b) monkey (c) red
- 17.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 18.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rabbit (b) pizza (c) queen
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) ring
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) pizza (c) moon
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) popcorn (c) monkey
- 23.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) panda (b) needle (c) run
- 24.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 25.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) pin (c) nail
- 27.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) robot (b) olive (c) run
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) mouse (b) run (c) olive
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) pig
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) popcorn (c) map
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) road (c) queen
- 32.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rabbit (b) moon (c) olive
- 33.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nut (b) map (c) rose
- 34.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) pizza (c) rainbow
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) paint (c) needle
- 37.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) rose (b) nest (c) milk
- 38.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) mango (c) panda
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) road (c) pin
Answer key
- pizza
- nail
- q
- needle
- mouse
- question
- n
- nine
- mouse
- r
- panda
- rose
- octopus
- n
- road
- monkey
- p
- p
- pizza
- ring
- moon
- monkey
- run
- p
- o
- nail
- olive
- olive
- pig
- popcorn
- queen
- moon
- nut
- o
- ox
- paint
- rose
- r
- mango
- map
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