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.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rat (b) nail (c) mouse
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) moon (b) mango (c) ox
- 4.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 5.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) robot (b) mango (c) nine
- 7.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pin (c) rain
- 8.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) nine
- 10.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) red
- 11.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 12.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) olive (b) net (c) milk
- 14.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) rabbit (c) nut
- 16.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 17.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) parrot
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) rainbow
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) road (c) question
- 20.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pear (b) road (c) moon
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rabbit (c) nine
- 23.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) paint (b) rose (c) nine
- 24.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) road
- 25.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 26.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nose (b) needle (c) olive
- 27.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 28.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rabbit (b) octopus (c) popcorn
- 29.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) parrot (c) nine
- 31.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) pan (b) nest (c) robot
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rice (b) pencil (c) pear
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) potato (b) nut (c) mango
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) olive (c) pan
- 35.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) net (b) parrot (c) ring
- 36.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mango (b) pin (c) potato
- 37.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rocket (b) ox (c) pen
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) pizza
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) moon (c) pan
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) needle (b) monkey (c) pear
Answer key
- m
- mouse
- ox
- m
- m
- mango
- olive
- r
- nine
- nail
- m
- n
- milk
- q
- nut
- o
- nose
- popcorn
- road
- p
- pear
- question
- nine
- pear
- o
- olive
- n
- octopus
- n
- nine
- nest
- rice
- mango
- map
- ring
- mango
- ox
- olive
- moon
- monkey
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