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) octopus (b) map (c) pin
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) parrot
- 3.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 4.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) ring (c) milk
- 6.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) robot (c) pin
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) pig (c) ring
- 9.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pencil (c) mango
- 11.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) queen (b) nail (c) rose
- 12.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 13.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) net (b) queen (c) parrot
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) map (c) nose
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rabbit (b) mouse (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nine (c) ox
- 17.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) question (b) pear (c) nail
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) moon (c) popcorn
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) needle (c) popcorn
- 20.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) robot (b) mango (c) potato
- 21.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) ox (b) nose (c) pin
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) rat (c) olive
- 23.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 24.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) nail (c) peach
- 26.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 27.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) red (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 28.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) milk (c) rice
- 30.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) rice (c) rose
- 31.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) rabbit (c) pig
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) ox (c) net
- 33.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rainbow (b) net (c) pizza
- 34.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) rainbow
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) pizza
- 36.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nail (b) mouse (c) question
- 37.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) pig (b) red (c) octopus
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) run (c) map
- 39.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) paint (b) rocket (c) peach
- 40.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) run
Answer key
- octopus
- needle
- p
- r
- net
- p
- pin
- pig
- o
- mango
- nail
- m
- queen
- nose
- rabbit
- nine
- nail
- moon
- popcorn
- mango
- pin
- mouse
- p
- q
- nail
- n
- needle
- p
- rice
- octopus
- olive
- ox
- net
- mango
- pizza
- mouse
- octopus
- run
- rocket
- nest
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