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