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 “m”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) panda
- 2.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) needle (b) nail (c) queen
- 4.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rabbit (b) peach (c) ox
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) nose (c) ring
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) milk (c) pencil
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) paint (c) rabbit
- 9.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) moon (b) nut (c) ox
- 10.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) mango (c) queen
- 12.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) p
- 13.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) nut (b) red (c) peach
- 14.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) pig
- 15.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) pan (b) rainbow (c) pizza
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) rocket
- 17.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 18.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) map (b) octopus (c) pencil
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pen (c) pan
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) road
- 21.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 22.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rainbow (b) pizza (c) rat
- 24.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 25.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) red
- 26.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) octopus (b) paint (c) nut
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) map (c) rain
- 28.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 29.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) road (c) rose
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) robot (b) mouse (c) question
- 31.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) p
- 32.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 33.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) nut (b) milk (c) rabbit
- 34.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) octopus (b) needle (c) mouse
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nine (b) moon (c) rice
- 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rose (b) pig (c) olive
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) nest
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) rat (c) milk
- 39.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nest (b) paint (c) mouse
Answer key
- monkey
- o
- queen
- q
- ox
- ring
- pencil
- paint
- nut
- p
- mango
- o
- peach
- rice
- rainbow
- rocket
- r
- octopus
- queen
- nose
- p
- n
- pizza
- o
- red
- nut
- pin
- r
- nose
- question
- p
- p
- rabbit
- needle
- moon
- olive
- rice
- milk
- r
- nest
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