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 “r”? (a) rose (b) needle (c) nut
- 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) question
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) ring
- 5.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 6.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) nail
- 7.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) rain
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) o
- 10.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) p
- 11.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 12.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rocket (b) milk (c) ox
- 14.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 15.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 16.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) potato (b) nine (c) milk
- 17.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pig (b) robot (c) ox
- 18.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) red (b) ox (c) nine
- 19.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) popcorn (b) monkey (c) map
- 20.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 21.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rain (b) nail (c) pen
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) rose (c) nest
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) pen (c) road
- 25.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) octopus (c) pig
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mouse (b) pencil (c) rat
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) nose (c) map
- 29.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pencil (b) rainbow (c) queen
- 30.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) red
- 32.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) mouse (b) peach (c) queen
- 33.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) moon (b) pan (c) nut
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) pen (c) moon
- 35.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 36.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 37.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 38.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) map (b) rice (c) peach
- 39.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) milk (b) rainbow (c) pen
- 40.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) pizza (b) panda (c) ox
Answer key
- rose
- m
- question
- ring
- p
- milk
- p
- pen
- o
- n
- o
- r
- milk
- q
- o
- nine
- ox
- red
- popcorn
- q
- r
- nail
- olive
- road
- m
- pig
- mouse
- map
- queen
- m
- red
- peach
- pan
- run
- n
- p
- n
- rice
- rainbow
- ox
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