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.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 2.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) map (b) pin (c) milk
- 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) nose
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) peach (c) road
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) popcorn (c) rainbow
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) rice (c) rose
- 7.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rice (b) road (c) net
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) pear (c) rose
- 9.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nut (b) red (c) rose
- 10.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nine (b) peach (c) monkey
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) mouse (c) rain
- 12.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 13.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 14.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) map (b) potato (c) nest
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) paint
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) pear (c) question
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) rice
- 18.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) potato (b) run (c) needle
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) road (c) pan
- 20.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mouse (b) nine (c) rain
- 21.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pencil (b) net (c) pig
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) peach (c) milk
- 23.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 24.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rose (b) olive (c) net
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) red (c) mouse
- 27.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 28.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rocket (b) rain (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) question
- 31.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) pizza (b) ring (c) popcorn
- 32.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) mango (b) road (c) nail
- 33.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) parrot
- 34.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 35.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rice (b) potato (c) queen
- 36.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rocket (c) octopus
- 38.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) rocket
- 39.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pencil (b) popcorn (c) nail
- 40.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) run (b) nose (c) pencil
Answer key
- m
- pin
- octopus
- net
- rainbow
- ox
- net
- rose
- nut
- monkey
- rain
- n
- p
- nest
- monkey
- question
- moon
- needle
- pan
- mouse
- net
- milk
- q
- p
- olive
- needle
- n
- p
- queen
- question
- ring
- nail
- parrot
- r
- potato
- o
- rocket
- rocket
- nail
- pencil
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