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) nail (b) potato (c) rice
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) popcorn (c) red
- 3.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) rabbit (b) nine (c) pig
- 4.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 5.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rice (b) mouse (c) octopus
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) octopus (c) rainbow
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) parrot (c) milk
- 8.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nail (b) octopus (c) pan
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) milk (b) question (c) nut
- 10.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nail (b) robot (c) olive
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) popcorn (b) pig (c) nine
- 12.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) mouse (c) nine
- 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) mouse (c) nut
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) net (c) panda
- 17.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) needle (b) queen (c) olive
- 18.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) pan (b) map (c) ring
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) nine (c) run
- 20.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) red (c) map
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pen (b) net (c) moon
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) rain (c) pin
- 24.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) potato (b) ox (c) moon
- 25.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pan (b) potato (c) nest
- 26.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nut (c) monkey
- 28.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) red
- 30.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) mouse (c) mango
- 32.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) octopus (b) net (c) map
- 33.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nut (b) octopus (c) rain
- 34.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) q
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) queen (c) red
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) rat (c) mango
- 37.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 38.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) peach (b) ox (c) nest
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) nest (c) rocket
- 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
Answer key
- potato
- red
- rabbit
- n
- octopus
- octopus
- rainbow
- nail
- question
- olive
- nine
- r
- rat
- o
- nut
- net
- queen
- pan
- run
- o
- map
- moon
- monkey
- ox
- nest
- m
- question
- m
- ox
- p
- nose
- map
- octopus
- p
- queen
- mango
- m
- ox
- rocket
- m
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