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