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.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) potato (c) nut
- 3.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) paint (b) rocket (c) ox
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) nine
- 5.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nail (b) parrot (c) pen
- 6.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) nest
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) question (b) ox (c) nine
- 8.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) pig (b) octopus (c) nail
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) milk
- 10.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) net (b) robot (c) rice
- 11.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 12.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) milk
- 14.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) olive (b) parrot (c) map
- 15.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 16.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) nine (c) pig
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rose (b) robot (c) nose
- 19.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 20.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) rocket (b) pencil (c) potato
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) rabbit (c) pig
- 22.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 23.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) popcorn (b) mouse (c) road
- 24.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 25.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) map (b) panda (c) queen
- 26.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) question (b) rain (c) pen
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nose (b) question (c) pizza
- 28.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) popcorn (b) road (c) monkey
- 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 30.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) mango (b) paint (c) nail
- 31.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) panda (c) olive
- 33.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 34.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 35.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) o
- 36.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pen (b) ox (c) mango
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) map (c) needle
- 38.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) panda (b) peach (c) rainbow
- 39.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) octopus (b) rainbow (c) nine
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nail (b) red (c) pig
Answer key
- n
- nut
- ox
- nine
- nail
- nest
- ox
- nail
- nest
- net
- m
- n
- queen
- parrot
- o
- r
- pig
- nose
- o
- rocket
- moon
- m
- road
- o
- queen
- pen
- question
- monkey
- q
- nail
- p
- milk
- p
- n
- r
- mango
- needle
- rainbow
- rainbow
- red
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