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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 2.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pig (b) nut (c) rat
- 3.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mouse (b) pin (c) olive
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) nest (c) pen
- 5.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) moon (b) ox (c) rain
- 6.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) rose (b) question (c) pizza
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) olive (c) nail
- 8.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) run (b) rainbow (c) question
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) pear (c) pizza
- 10.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nail (b) pig (c) pear
- 11.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) paint (b) octopus (c) question
- 12.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 13.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 14.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) rat (c) nail
- 16.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) robot (b) paint (c) rain
- 17.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) moon (c) rose
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rocket (c) map
- 20.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) pencil (b) moon (c) rose
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) road (c) pig
- 22.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) robot (b) nail (c) ox
- 24.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) peach (b) monkey (c) panda
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) nut (c) nest
- 26.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) moon (b) rainbow (c) panda
- 27.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) potato
- 28.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 29.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nest (b) rabbit (c) question
- 31.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 32.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 33.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) nose
- 34.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) paint
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) rice (c) nine
- 36.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) pan
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pen (c) mango
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) pear (c) map
- 40.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
Answer key
- q
- nut
- olive
- nest
- rain
- pizza
- nail
- question
- octopus
- nail
- octopus
- n
- o
- n
- rat
- paint
- p
- moon
- net
- pencil
- pig
- m
- ox
- monkey
- pen
- panda
- nest
- r
- p
- question
- q
- p
- nose
- paint
- nine
- m
- rose
- mango
- nut
- r
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