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) pan (b) queen (c) octopus
- 2.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) o
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) mango (c) queen
- 4.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) nut (b) parrot (c) map
- 5.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nut (b) map (c) needle
- 6.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 7.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) rocket (c) paint
- 10.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ring (b) nine (c) ox
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) rat (c) net
- 12.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) olive (b) popcorn (c) queen
- 13.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) peach (b) pan (c) rabbit
- 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 15.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) rocket (b) nut (c) olive
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) net (c) mango
- 17.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nine (b) mango (c) octopus
- 18.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) m
- 19.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) pin (b) nest (c) rocket
- 20.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) ring
- 21.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) needle (b) run (c) paint
- 22.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) o
- 23.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) peach (b) milk (c) question
- 24.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 25.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) rabbit (c) pan
- 27.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nest (b) rabbit (c) parrot
- 28.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) nut (b) mango (c) rice
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) nut (c) ring
- 30.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) road (b) question (c) pan
- 31.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) r
- 32.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) mouse (b) pear (c) octopus
- 34.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 35.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) octopus (b) potato (c) olive
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pear (b) nine (c) queen
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pizza (b) rabbit (c) mouse
- 38.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) moon (b) nose (c) queen
- 40.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
Answer key
- octopus
- r
- olive
- parrot
- map
- o
- n
- q
- paint
- ox
- net
- queen
- rabbit
- o
- olive
- mango
- octopus
- r
- pin
- map
- paint
- m
- milk
- n
- q
- rabbit
- nest
- rice
- nut
- question
- o
- p
- pear
- m
- potato
- queen
- pizza
- n
- nose
- r
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