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) potato (b) run (c) nine
- 2.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pen (b) pan (c) olive
- 3.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 4.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) rain (c) net
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nest (b) pen (c) map
- 7.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) panda (c) nose
- 9.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nail (b) question (c) mouse
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mouse (b) map (c) question
- 11.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) road (b) map (c) nine
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) peach (c) nest
- 13.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) pin
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) road (c) monkey
- 15.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 16.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) mouse (b) rat (c) paint
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) question (c) pear
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) popcorn (c) parrot
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) rainbow (c) peach
- 20.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pin (c) red
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) robot (c) panda
- 22.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) road
- 23.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 24.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) potato (b) net (c) map
- 25.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) ring (c) potato
- 27.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) monkey (b) ring (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) panda (b) moon (c) robot
- 29.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) parrot (b) nose (c) ox
- 30.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 31.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mango (b) ring (c) pin
- 32.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) parrot (b) octopus (c) ring
- 33.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 34.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) map (b) question (c) nine
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pencil (b) ox (c) run
- 36.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) pen (b) map (c) rice
- 37.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) ox (b) map (c) rain
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rabbit (c) olive
- 39.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pen (b) pin (c) nail
- 40.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) milk (b) peach (c) pan
Answer key
- nine
- olive
- o
- p
- rain
- map
- q
- nose
- mouse
- question
- nine
- nest
- mouse
- road
- m
- rat
- pear
- rice
- rainbow
- question
- octopus
- queen
- n
- potato
- o
- ring
- nest
- panda
- ox
- n
- mango
- octopus
- m
- map
- ox
- rice
- rain
- moon
- nail
- milk
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