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.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 2.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 3.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 4.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pear (b) net (c) pig
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) potato (c) octopus
- 6.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 7.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 8.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) ring (b) rain (c) parrot
- 9.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pencil (b) panda (c) moon
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) rat (c) map
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) robot
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) pin (c) nine
- 14.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) popcorn (b) rabbit (c) mouse
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) moon (b) pin (c) run
- 16.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) olive (b) red (c) moon
- 17.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) robot (b) question (c) nail
- 18.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) parrot (b) ox (c) run
- 19.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) robot (b) pan (c) map
- 20.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 21.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) panda (b) octopus (c) question
- 22.Which picture starts like “rain”? (a) pear (b) red (c) pen
- 23.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) rocket (c) net
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pig (b) olive (c) red
- 26.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) nose (b) robot (c) monkey
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) paint (c) nose
- 28.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) panda (b) nine (c) rocket
- 29.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rice (c) mouse
- 30.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) map (b) pan (c) queen
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) pizza (c) nine
- 32.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) pan (c) rice
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) pen (c) net
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pen (b) queen (c) map
- 36.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) needle (b) monkey (c) rainbow
- 37.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) moon (c) rat
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) milk (b) popcorn (c) rabbit
- 40.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) robot (b) paint (c) mango
Answer key
- r
- m
- q
- net
- net
- o
- o
- parrot
- n
- moon
- map
- robot
- queen
- popcorn
- run
- moon
- nail
- parrot
- map
- p
- octopus
- red
- o
- rocket
- olive
- nose
- paint
- rocket
- question
- pan
- pizza
- r
- rice
- pen
- queen
- rainbow
- n
- nut
- popcorn
- mango
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