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