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 “n”? (a) popcorn (b) octopus (c) nail
- 2.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) q
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nest (b) nine (c) queen
- 4.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) map (b) question (c) pizza
- 5.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) p
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) popcorn
- 7.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) monkey (b) queen (c) paint
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) q
- 9.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 10.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) panda (b) ring (c) ox
- 11.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rainbow (b) olive (c) pencil
- 12.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 13.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rat (b) octopus (c) mouse
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pen (b) rat (c) monkey
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) rocket (c) peach
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) needle (c) rabbit
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rat (b) moon (c) ox
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) red (b) pen (c) nail
- 19.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) paint (b) rat (c) nut
- 20.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) m
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pencil (b) robot (c) pizza
- 22.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 23.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pear (b) popcorn (c) moon
- 24.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 25.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) mouse (b) rain (c) mango
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rainbow (b) milk (c) rain
- 27.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) pencil (b) pin (c) mango
- 28.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rat (b) pin (c) map
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) robot (b) pear (c) question
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) road (c) pan
- 31.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) mango (b) octopus (c) monkey
- 32.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) q
- 33.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) pig (b) mango (c) paint
- 34.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) run (b) popcorn (c) mango
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) monkey (b) mouse (c) queen
- 36.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 37.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 38.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 39.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) moon (b) pencil (c) olive
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) question (c) parrot
Answer key
- nail
- n
- queen
- question
- o
- nest
- paint
- q
- n
- ox
- olive
- m
- octopus
- pen
- octopus
- monkey
- ox
- red
- rat
- m
- robot
- n
- moon
- m
- rain
- milk
- mango
- map
- question
- pan
- octopus
- n
- mango
- popcorn
- queen
- q
- m
- r
- moon
- parrot
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