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.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) ox (c) peach
- 3.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 4.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) monkey (b) nest (c) pen
- 5.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 6.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) parrot (c) road
- 7.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rat (b) milk (c) rice
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) ox (c) red
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) red (b) rice (c) octopus
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) ring (c) nail
- 11.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) queen (b) pig (c) rice
- 12.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) pencil (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ox (b) queen (c) net
- 15.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rose (b) pencil (c) question
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mango (b) peach (c) question
- 17.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pen
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) nest (c) ring
- 19.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 20.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) question (b) parrot (c) nest
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) nose (c) pan
- 22.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 23.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 24.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rainbow (b) pin (c) pan
- 25.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) parrot (c) queen
- 27.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 28.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) rat (b) pencil (c) olive
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) red
- 30.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 31.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) octopus
- 32.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) milk (b) question (c) mango
- 33.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 34.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) mouse (b) question (c) rabbit
- 35.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) pencil
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) panda (b) nut (c) ring
- 37.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) ring (b) pear (c) mouse
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) needle (c) map
- 39.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) mango (c) nut
- 40.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
Answer key
- r
- map
- o
- nest
- p
- octopus
- milk
- moon
- octopus
- nail
- rice
- n
- nine
- queen
- pencil
- question
- nose
- olive
- r
- nest
- pan
- q
- r
- rainbow
- o
- nose
- r
- pencil
- monkey
- r
- octopus
- question
- m
- rabbit
- olive
- ring
- ring
- needle
- ox
- m
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