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 “o”? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) octopus
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) milk (c) pencil
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) nut (c) needle
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) net (b) pen (c) moon
- 5.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pin (b) rose (c) nut
- 7.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 8.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) rabbit
- 9.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 10.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 11.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 12.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 13.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) parrot (c) moon
- 15.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) robot (b) map (c) nest
- 16.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) pencil (b) peach (c) rose
- 17.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) moon (b) nine (c) question
- 18.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) moon (b) map (c) pin
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) ox (c) pan
- 21.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 22.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nut (b) ox (c) rose
- 24.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 25.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 26.Which picture starts like “popcorn”? (a) rice (b) mango (c) paint
- 27.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) p
- 28.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) mango (b) parrot (c) pear
- 29.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) monkey (b) nose (c) paint
- 30.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) nut (b) mouse (c) rain
- 31.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) peach (b) rat (c) olive
- 32.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 33.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 34.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) queen
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) rain (c) nail
- 37.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) run (b) monkey (c) question
- 38.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) nail (b) peach (c) rat
- 39.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) ox (c) pin
Answer key
- octopus
- milk
- question
- net
- n
- nut
- p
- queen
- o
- q
- r
- r
- m
- moon
- nest
- rose
- moon
- pin
- q
- ox
- p
- n
- rose
- n
- m
- paint
- p
- mango
- nose
- rain
- olive
- r
- p
- m
- queen
- nail
- question
- rat
- o
- mango
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