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 “m”? (a) olive (b) pear (c) mouse
- 2.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) n
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) rain (b) nail (c) ox
- 4.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) peach (b) mango (c) ox
- 5.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rabbit (b) rain (c) queen
- 7.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 8.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) paint (b) run (c) moon
- 9.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) nose (c) rocket
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) nose (c) rice
- 12.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) mouse (b) robot (c) pig
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pin (b) red (c) olive
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ring (b) potato (c) map
- 16.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) ox (b) monkey (c) rocket
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) parrot (b) pig (c) rabbit
- 18.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rose (b) queen (c) mango
- 20.🦜 _arrot — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) rainbow (b) popcorn (c) nut
- 22.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) pin
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) queen (b) needle (c) mouse
- 24.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) n
- 25.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) octopus (b) nose (c) monkey
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rabbit (b) map (c) nose
- 27.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 28.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) rose (b) needle (c) rocket
- 29.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nose (b) pen (c) popcorn
- 30.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) nose (b) popcorn (c) mouse
- 31.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) p
- 32.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) m
- 33.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 34.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) robot (b) paint (c) moon
- 35.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) potato (b) queen (c) road
- 36.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) rocket (b) octopus (c) pin
- 37.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) pin (b) rose (c) monkey
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) ox (b) run (c) pan
- 39.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) r
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) parrot (b) rice (c) rain
Answer key
- mouse
- p
- ox
- ox
- r
- queen
- r
- moon
- m
- nose
- question
- q
- robot
- olive
- potato
- rocket
- rabbit
- p
- mango
- p
- nut
- mouse
- needle
- n
- nose
- map
- n
- needle
- nose
- popcorn
- o
- r
- o
- moon
- potato
- octopus
- pin
- pan
- r
- parrot
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