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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) olive
- 2.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 3.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) paint (b) potato (c) queen
- 5.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) rabbit
- 6.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) question (b) rat (c) nest
- 7.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) rat (c) milk
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ring (b) queen (c) nail
- 10.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pear (b) nest (c) popcorn
- 11.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 12.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nose (b) pin (c) parrot
- 14.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 15.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) parrot
- 16.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) robot (b) nest (c) pizza
- 17.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 18.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) ring (b) run (c) pizza
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) rain (c) question
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) pig (c) moon
- 21.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 22.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 23.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) rain (c) pen
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ring (b) net (c) octopus
- 26.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 27.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) road (b) popcorn (c) parrot
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rocket (b) nut (c) milk
- 29.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) popcorn (b) nut (c) nest
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rose (b) rainbow (c) pig
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) potato (c) red
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) mango (c) paint
- 33.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) pencil (b) nail (c) rocket
- 34.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nut (b) peach (c) pear
- 35.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) potato (b) nose (c) map
- 36.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) rice (b) milk (c) potato
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) rat (c) nose
- 38.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) panda (b) nine (c) nut
- 39.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 40.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
Answer key
- olive
- m
- r
- queen
- milk
- nest
- n
- milk
- ring
- nest
- q
- m
- nose
- o
- nest
- pizza
- o
- pizza
- question
- road
- r
- n
- m
- rain
- octopus
- p
- road
- nut
- popcorn
- pig
- red
- mango
- rocket
- nut
- map
- milk
- rat
- panda
- p
- m
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