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.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rocket (b) panda (c) queen
- 3.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) ring (c) pin
- 5.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 6.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) question (b) olive (c) rice
- 7.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rose (b) ox (c) potato
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) o
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) net
- 11.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pin (b) question (c) map
- 12.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) popcorn (b) nine (c) rice
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) parrot (b) ox (c) map
- 14.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rain (b) octopus (c) pin
- 15.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 16.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) red (b) olive (c) queen
- 17.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) question (b) rose (c) mango
- 18.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rat (b) paint (c) monkey
- 19.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) nine (c) pig
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 22.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) robot (c) nest
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) ring (c) rice
- 24.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) run (b) queen (c) monkey
- 26.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) pen
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nail (c) road
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) rose (c) map
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) rain (c) map
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pig (b) needle (c) mango
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) mouse (c) rabbit
- 34.✏️ _encil — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 35.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) map (b) road (c) pizza
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) red
- 37.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) mouse (b) paint (c) map
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) moon (c) nest
- 40.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
Answer key
- o
- queen
- n
- ring
- m
- olive
- potato
- q
- o
- octopus
- question
- popcorn
- ox
- octopus
- p
- queen
- mango
- rat
- p
- pig
- question
- mango
- nine
- r
- monkey
- r
- moon
- nail
- net
- map
- needle
- mango
- mouse
- p
- road
- red
- o
- paint
- nest
- n
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