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.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rain (b) question (c) moon
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) run (c) nest
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) pen (c) nail
- 5.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) pencil (c) rat
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) rabbit (c) pin
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) road (c) mango
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 9.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) ox (c) pizza
- 11.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mango (b) question (c) milk
- 12.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 13.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 14.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 15.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 16.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) peach
- 17.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 18.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) moon (b) pear (c) olive
- 19.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 20.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) pear (b) milk (c) octopus
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nine (b) rain (c) queen
- 22.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) needle (b) nose (c) ox
- 23.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) red (b) nine (c) rice
- 24.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) map
- 25.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 26.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) milk (b) mouse (c) nut
- 27.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 28.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 29.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pear (b) panda (c) rat
- 30.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 31.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) potato (b) milk (c) octopus
- 32.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) milk
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) paint (c) peach
- 34.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) paint (b) needle (c) milk
- 35.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) rocket
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) mouse (c) nest
- 37.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) panda (b) pear (c) mouse
- 38.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) panda (b) red (c) octopus
- 39.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) pin (b) olive (c) nail
- 40.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) rice (b) moon (c) question
Answer key
- m
- question
- nest
- run
- octopus
- rabbit
- mango
- q
- o
- pizza
- question
- m
- o
- m
- n
- queen
- r
- olive
- o
- milk
- queen
- ox
- nine
- map
- m
- nut
- n
- n
- rat
- r
- milk
- milk
- nine
- needle
- mango
- mouse
- mouse
- panda
- nail
- rice
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