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 “net”? (a) rain (b) paint (c) nest
- 2.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 3.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 4.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 5.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) moon
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) pin (c) road
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) nail (c) rabbit
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) paint (b) net (c) rocket
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) red (c) popcorn
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) milk (c) question
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) rabbit (c) octopus
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) red (c) needle
- 14.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
- 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pear (b) rainbow (c) octopus
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) rice (c) nine
- 17.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 18.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) road
- 19.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) rainbow (c) nine
- 20.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) pencil
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) potato
- 22.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pear (b) road (c) ox
- 23.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) nest
- 25.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 26.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) nest (c) robot
- 28.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) needle (b) rain (c) robot
- 29.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) monkey (b) rat (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) red (b) milk (c) pizza
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rose (b) queen (c) net
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) pan (c) nine
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) nine (c) rain
- 34.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) pan (b) monkey (c) run
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) net (b) moon (c) parrot
- 36.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 37.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nest (b) rainbow (c) potato
- 38.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) milk (b) net (c) rice
- 39.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) road (c) milk
Answer key
- nest
- m
- m
- r
- r
- olive
- road
- rabbit
- net
- popcorn
- question
- octopus
- red
- n
- octopus
- rice
- o
- road
- moon
- nine
- ox
- ox
- n
- nest
- m
- m
- panda
- needle
- queen
- pizza
- queen
- nine
- rain
- pan
- parrot
- p
- nest
- milk
- r
- milk
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