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) nest (b) monkey (c) paint
- 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 3.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 4.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) popcorn (b) rainbow (c) queen
- 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) panda
- 7.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) ox (b) milk (c) octopus
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) parrot (c) paint
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) run (c) pen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) pin
- 11.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) pen
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) olive (c) milk
- 14.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nest (b) rocket (c) mango
- 15.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 16.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 17.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 18.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) octopus
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nut (b) net (c) ox
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) olive (b) panda (c) moon
- 21.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) queen
- 22.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 23.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) rat (b) map (c) mango
- 24.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) nose (b) question (c) popcorn
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) rabbit (c) pan
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) monkey (c) nut
- 27.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) paint (c) milk
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) octopus
- 29.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pin (b) nail (c) rabbit
- 30.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) nail (b) mango (c) peach
- 31.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) mango (b) red (c) peach
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) rainbow (c) olive
- 33.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pig (b) rose (c) net
- 34.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ring (b) olive (c) monkey
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) rain (c) nut
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) ox (b) question (c) nest
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) map (c) ring
- 38.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) peach (b) monkey (c) nine
- 39.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
Answer key
- paint
- o
- n
- n
- queen
- ox
- milk
- rat
- nine
- mango
- n
- pen
- milk
- mango
- n
- o
- r
- monkey
- ox
- panda
- queen
- m
- rat
- popcorn
- rabbit
- monkey
- octopus
- parrot
- pin
- peach
- peach
- map
- net
- olive
- pan
- question
- nail
- monkey
- o
- n
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