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