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) milk (b) peach (c) red
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) rabbit (c) pen
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) popcorn (b) rocket (c) potato
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) queen (c) rat
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) pin (c) rice
- 6.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 7.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) run
- 8.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) rose (c) pear
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) nose (c) question
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) rat
- 12.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 13.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) road (b) moon (c) octopus
- 14.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rocket (b) pig (c) mouse
- 16.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) ox (b) rose (c) mango
- 17.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) nail (b) rice (c) nose
- 18.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nine (b) ox (c) ring
- 20.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) pizza (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 21.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) question (b) pear (c) mango
- 22.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) needle (b) rice (c) question
- 23.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pencil (b) popcorn (c) run
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) milk (b) nest (c) pig
- 25.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 26.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) panda (b) monkey (c) milk
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) net (c) mouse
- 28.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 29.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 30.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) ox (b) needle (c) pan
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nest (b) map (c) pen
- 32.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) queen
- 34.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 35.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 36.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 37.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) rice (b) needle (c) popcorn
- 38.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) robot (b) queen (c) map
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rain (b) nut (c) mango
- 40.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
Answer key
- peach
- ox
- rocket
- rat
- rice
- r
- map
- p
- nest
- question
- octopus
- olive
- octopus
- m
- pig
- mango
- rice
- n
- ox
- ox
- pear
- question
- run
- milk
- n
- panda
- net
- q
- q
- pan
- pen
- p
- needle
- n
- o
- r
- popcorn
- map
- mango
- o
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