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) moon (b) peach (c) rabbit
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) milk (b) rice (c) nut
- 3.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) red (b) nose (c) moon
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) milk (c) nine
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) octopus (b) pin (c) nail
- 6.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 7.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) o
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) pan
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) panda (b) question (c) pen
- 10.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) p
- 11.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) net
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) potato (b) rat (c) net
- 14.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) r
- 15.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) r
- 16.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 17.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 18.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 19.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) parrot (b) potato (c) monkey
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) net (b) rain (c) octopus
- 21.Which picture starts like “monkey”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) robot
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) parrot (c) robot
- 23.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) nine (b) pan (c) robot
- 24.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nose (b) road (c) pizza
- 26.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) net
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) olive (b) robot (c) map
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nest (b) queen (c) rat
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rainbow (b) popcorn (c) monkey
- 30.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) mango (b) octopus (c) robot
- 31.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) q (c) m
- 32.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) peach (b) moon (c) queen
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) nest (c) needle
- 34.Which picture starts like “rose”? (a) ox (b) rabbit (c) milk
- 35.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) q
- 36.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) mango (b) peach (c) milk
- 37.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) parrot (b) map (c) nine
- 38.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) m
- 39.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 40.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) pen (b) parrot (c) needle
Answer key
- moon
- nut
- moon
- milk
- pin
- r
- m
- monkey
- question
- m
- m
- rose
- net
- n
- r
- m
- r
- q
- monkey
- octopus
- mango
- robot
- nine
- p
- road
- question
- map
- queen
- rainbow
- robot
- n
- queen
- olive
- rabbit
- p
- peach
- parrot
- o
- o
- needle
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