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 “o”? (a) octopus (b) mango (c) rainbow
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) parrot (c) olive
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) road (c) nine
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) needle (c) net
- 5.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) r
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) robot (b) pin (c) parrot
- 7.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 8.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) queen
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) net (b) milk (c) ox
- 11.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 12.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) n
- 13.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 14.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 15.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) q
- 16.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) map (b) peach (c) queen
- 17.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 18.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 19.Which picture starts like “rabbit”? (a) red (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) map (c) nose
- 21.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) panda (b) parrot (c) olive
- 22.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 23.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 24.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 25.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) monkey (b) nine (c) pin
- 26.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) monkey (b) mango (c) rabbit
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) pin (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) question
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) nine (c) rabbit
- 30.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 31.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) rice (c) popcorn
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pen (b) net (c) ox
- 33.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) road (b) nine (c) queen
- 34.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 35.🐼 _anda — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 36.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) ox (b) moon (c) pan
- 37.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) queen (b) rabbit (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) moon
- 39.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) question (b) run (c) pencil
- 40.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
Answer key
- octopus
- olive
- road
- ox
- r
- robot
- q
- o
- queen
- milk
- q
- o
- m
- r
- p
- map
- m
- p
- red
- nose
- olive
- n
- m
- o
- nine
- rabbit
- nest
- question
- pan
- n
- octopus
- net
- queen
- p
- p
- moon
- rabbit
- rose
- pencil
- m
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