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 “rocket”? (a) parrot (b) nine (c) robot
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rat (c) mango
- 3.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 4.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) monkey
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) potato (c) rain
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) nut (c) milk
- 7.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) paint (b) run (c) nose
- 8.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 9.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) moon (b) mouse (c) rat
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) monkey (c) nine
- 11.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) milk
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) pin (c) milk
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) mouse (c) pig
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ring (b) nest (c) question
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) popcorn (c) pin
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nose (b) needle (c) olive
- 17.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 18.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 19.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) net (b) olive (c) pencil
- 20.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) potato
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) potato (c) ring
- 23.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) map
- 24.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) road (b) nine (c) mouse
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 26.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 27.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) pig
- 28.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 29.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 30.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) olive (c) red
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) net (c) ring
- 33.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nut (b) mango (c) olive
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) pen (c) nest
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pan (b) octopus (c) pizza
- 36.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) mango (b) nine (c) ox
- 37.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rice (c) rabbit
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) question (c) run
- 40.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) rabbit (b) robot (c) potato
Answer key
- robot
- nest
- p
- needle
- nose
- paint
- run
- o
- rat
- monkey
- milk
- milk
- pig
- question
- rabbit
- olive
- n
- m
- olive
- m
- mango
- ox
- question
- nine
- q
- m
- nest
- n
- m
- o
- nail
- ring
- mango
- red
- octopus
- ox
- p
- moon
- run
- potato
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