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.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) nest (c) road
- 3.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) olive (c) net
- 4.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) pizza (c) mouse
- 6.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) panda (b) rose (c) milk
- 7.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 8.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) ring
- 10.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 11.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) peach (b) octopus (c) red
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) ring (c) nose
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) robot (b) net (c) mouse
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) robot (b) net (c) panda
- 15.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 16.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) n
- 17.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) nut (b) rocket (c) pin
- 18.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) panda (b) nest (c) pen
- 19.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) popcorn (b) rain (c) ox
- 20.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) paint (c) rice
- 22.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 23.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 24.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) o
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) red (b) robot (c) nose
- 26.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) potato (b) paint (c) moon
- 27.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) needle (c) run
- 29.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) pencil (b) nail (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) panda (b) moon (c) nose
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) peach (c) nest
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ox (b) olive (c) mango
- 33.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) mouse
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) run (b) popcorn (c) queen
- 35.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 36.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) octopus (b) rainbow (c) nose
- 38.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) red (b) rocket (c) popcorn
- 39.Which picture starts like “pizza”? (a) question (b) rat (c) popcorn
- 40.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
Answer key
- r
- nest
- moon
- m
- question
- rose
- o
- m
- nine
- m
- octopus
- pizza
- mouse
- net
- n
- n
- pin
- nest
- ox
- m
- paint
- p
- o
- q
- nose
- moon
- r
- run
- queen
- panda
- road
- mango
- nut
- queen
- p
- m
- rainbow
- popcorn
- popcorn
- o
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