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.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 2.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) pin
- 4.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) rocket (b) moon (c) peach
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) moon (b) octopus (c) paint
- 6.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) pen
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nut (b) pear (c) map
- 8.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 9.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) potato (b) paint (c) robot
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) needle
- 12.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 13.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) pan (c) pizza
- 14.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 15.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pen (b) run (c) nose
- 16.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 17.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) ox (c) rose
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rainbow (b) ox (c) map
- 20.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) milk (b) robot (c) parrot
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) popcorn (c) nine
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) red (b) rocket (c) panda
- 23.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) r
- 24.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pencil (b) popcorn (c) mouse
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) needle (b) question (c) pig
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) nest (c) parrot
- 27.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) n
- 28.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) mango (b) red (c) nest
- 29.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) nine (c) map
- 31.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) nine (b) rat (c) potato
- 32.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 33.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pizza (b) nail (c) octopus
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) needle (b) rat (c) map
- 36.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) road (c) potato
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) net (c) rainbow
- 39.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) olive (b) question (c) monkey
- 40.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) q
Answer key
- r
- n
- robot
- peach
- octopus
- olive
- nut
- m
- n
- robot
- queen
- p
- olive
- o
- nose
- r
- p
- rose
- ox
- milk
- nine
- panda
- n
- mouse
- pig
- nest
- n
- red
- m
- map
- rat
- q
- p
- nail
- rat
- p
- road
- rainbow
- question
- q
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