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