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