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.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 2.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 3.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) question (c) rose
- 5.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) robot (b) moon (c) pear
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) ox (b) nail (c) queen
- 7.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) nine (c) net
- 8.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) p
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pan (b) nest (c) rose
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) queen (b) parrot (c) mango
- 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) paint (b) net (c) pan
- 12.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) o
- 13.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 14.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 15.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) r
- 16.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 17.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 18.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) panda (b) pin (c) rocket
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nest (b) mouse (c) net
- 20.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) mouse (b) rainbow (c) nail
- 21.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) mango (b) pen (c) red
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pan (b) rose (c) moon
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) queen
- 24.Which picture starts like “road”? (a) rainbow (b) question (c) octopus
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) rabbit (c) pear
- 26.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) question (b) rocket (c) pear
- 27.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) queen (c) net
- 29.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) road (b) map (c) monkey
- 31.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 32.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 33.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) m
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nine (b) octopus (c) queen
- 35.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) r
- 36.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) paint (b) net (c) octopus
- 37.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) map (c) needle
- 38.🛣️ _oad — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) r
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) rocket (c) pizza
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) question (c) nail
Answer key
- m
- r
- r
- ox
- pear
- ox
- question
- n
- nest
- mango
- net
- p
- o
- o
- r
- p
- p
- rocket
- mouse
- rainbow
- mango
- pan
- queen
- rainbow
- rabbit
- rocket
- m
- net
- p
- road
- p
- m
- m
- octopus
- r
- octopus
- olive
- r
- monkey
- question
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