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 picture starts like “moon”? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) ox
- 2.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) r
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) rabbit (b) monkey (c) queen
- 4.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) pig (c) rose
- 5.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nine (b) robot (c) paint
- 7.9️⃣ _ine — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 8.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) m
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) rat
- 10.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 11.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) m
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) queen (c) pig
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) map (b) ring (c) olive
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nose (c) potato
- 15.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) panda (c) milk
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) run (c) moon
- 18.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) pin (b) potato (c) ring
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) parrot (c) net
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) peach (b) nail (c) map
- 21.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) needle (b) rat (c) pin
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) road (b) robot (c) popcorn
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) paint (b) rose (c) mouse
- 24.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) o
- 25.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nail (b) nine (c) octopus
- 27.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) o
- 28.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) needle (c) rain
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pin (b) nut (c) rocket
- 30.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) monkey (b) nose (c) octopus
- 31.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) ox (b) rabbit (c) paint
- 32.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 33.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) p
- 34.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) net (b) nail (c) ox
- 35.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) rainbow (b) monkey (c) nose
- 36.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 37.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) nose
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pencil (b) question (c) nail
- 39.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) potato
Answer key
- monkey
- n
- queen
- question
- q
- nine
- n
- r
- pen
- p
- m
- pig
- olive
- queen
- r
- milk
- run
- ring
- parrot
- map
- rat
- popcorn
- rose
- o
- m
- octopus
- o
- olive
- pin
- nose
- paint
- m
- p
- ox
- nose
- o
- moon
- nail
- p
- nut
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