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) pen (b) question (c) nest
- 2.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) milk (b) question (c) monkey
- 3.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) q
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pear (b) red (c) mouse
- 5.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) nine (b) road (c) mango
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) run (b) panda (c) pan
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nine (b) mouse (c) potato
- 8.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 9.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) net (b) monkey (c) octopus
- 10.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) potato (b) queen (c) popcorn
- 11.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) red (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) nose
- 14.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 15.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) nut (b) ring (c) octopus
- 16.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) queen (c) rabbit
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) panda (c) pizza
- 19.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) n
- 20.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pear (b) nut (c) popcorn
- 22.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) popcorn (b) rat (c) parrot
- 23.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 24.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) red (b) pen (c) octopus
- 25.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) mouse (b) nose (c) question
- 26.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) nut
- 27.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) rat (b) rocket (c) nose
- 28.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 29.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) octopus (b) mouse (c) pizza
- 30.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 31.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) rocket (b) mango (c) olive
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) road (b) ox (c) nail
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) robot (b) popcorn (c) queen
- 34.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pear (b) run (c) octopus
- 36.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 37.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) pig (b) moon (c) mango
- 38.🍑 _each — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 39.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 40.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
Answer key
- nest
- question
- m
- mouse
- mango
- run
- potato
- r
- net
- queen
- p
- pizza
- nose
- q
- octopus
- r
- monkey
- queen
- n
- p
- nut
- rat
- o
- pen
- mouse
- parrot
- nose
- m
- pizza
- p
- mango
- ox
- popcorn
- n
- octopus
- o
- pig
- p
- n
- q
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