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