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) ring (b) rabbit (c) popcorn
- 2.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 3.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) potato
- 4.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) panda (b) rainbow (c) nail
- 5.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) ring (c) rat
- 7.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) potato (b) mango (c) parrot
- 8.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 9.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) pizza (b) rainbow (c) nail
- 11.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) potato
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) olive (c) nest
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) olive (b) question (c) rice
- 14.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) red (b) map (c) octopus
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) ring (c) net
- 16.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) red (c) moon
- 18.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) mouse (c) moon
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) rain
- 21.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) m
- 22.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rose (b) monkey (c) popcorn
- 23.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) rabbit (b) panda (c) nine
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) panda (b) rose (c) olive
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) milk (c) pig
- 26.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rice (b) rat (c) nail
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) ox (b) red (c) peach
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) parrot (b) octopus (c) nine
- 29.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) red (b) pan (c) pear
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) paint (b) pan (c) ox
- 31.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) q
- 32.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) paint (c) monkey
- 34.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) red (b) popcorn (c) nest
- 35.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) potato (c) nine
- 36.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 37.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) potato (b) question (c) nail
- 39.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
Answer key
- popcorn
- n
- milk
- nail
- q
- question
- mango
- m
- n
- pizza
- rainbow
- nest
- olive
- octopus
- ring
- n
- moon
- m
- queen
- pen
- o
- rose
- rabbit
- rose
- pig
- nail
- red
- nine
- red
- ox
- q
- p
- monkey
- nest
- queen
- o
- r
- question
- p
- m
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