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 “m”? (a) robot (b) pan (c) mouse
- 2.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 3.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) question (b) ox (c) milk
- 5.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 6.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pen (b) monkey (c) nail
- 7.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) needle (b) ox (c) ring
- 8.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) rabbit
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) paint (c) rabbit
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pig (b) nose (c) moon
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) octopus (c) pen
- 12.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) milk (b) ox (c) rice
- 13.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 14.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 15.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) run (b) popcorn (c) question
- 16.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) nose (c) pan
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) rain (c) nine
- 19.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 20.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) nose (c) robot
- 22.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) parrot (c) question
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mango (b) rabbit (c) monkey
- 24.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 25.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) net (b) rabbit (c) ox
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nail (b) rat (c) run
- 28.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) map (b) pig (c) queen
- 29.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 30.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) m
- 31.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 32.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) pen (b) mouse (c) milk
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) mouse (c) pencil
- 34.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) pan (b) nut (c) rocket
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) rain (c) parrot
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) map (c) queen
- 37.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 38.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) mouse (c) milk
- 39.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) needle
- 40.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) nose (b) peach (c) ox
Answer key
- mouse
- o
- n
- milk
- n
- nail
- ox
- octopus
- paint
- moon
- pen
- rice
- p
- m
- popcorn
- n
- rocket
- nine
- r
- p
- robot
- ox
- rabbit
- p
- m
- ox
- nail
- map
- r
- p
- r
- pen
- olive
- nut
- rain
- queen
- q
- question
- mango
- peach
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