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.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 2.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) ring (c) mango
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) net (b) olive (c) paint
- 5.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) monkey (b) net (c) potato
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) map (b) ox (c) milk
- 7.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) parrot (b) nail (c) rainbow
- 8.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nut (b) moon (c) ox
- 9.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) pencil (b) question (c) ox
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) nail (c) pear
- 11.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rice (b) rat (c) pen
- 12.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) ring (c) pizza
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) milk (c) pan
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) nine
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) mango (c) rainbow
- 16.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 17.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) robot
- 18.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) needle (b) pan (c) nail
- 19.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) rose (b) potato (c) map
- 20.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pen (b) nose (c) pan
- 21.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) queen (b) mango (c) pencil
- 22.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) panda (b) question (c) pan
- 23.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) popcorn (b) peach (c) mouse
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) rabbit
- 26.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 27.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 28.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) n
- 29.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) pen (b) monkey (c) run
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) question (c) peach
- 31.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) monkey
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) map (c) nut
- 34.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) moon (b) paint (c) road
- 35.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) paint (b) pizza (c) milk
- 36.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 37.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) monkey (c) olive
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mouse (b) nose (c) pig
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) paint (c) nine
Answer key
- q
- r
- ring
- olive
- potato
- ox
- nail
- ox
- pencil
- pear
- pen
- ox
- robot
- octopus
- mango
- o
- olive
- pan
- rose
- nose
- pencil
- question
- m
- mouse
- rabbit
- n
- p
- n
- monkey
- nest
- p
- panda
- pencil
- paint
- milk
- n
- p
- monkey
- nose
- nine
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