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 “q”? (a) mouse (b) queen (c) mango
- 2.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) p
- 3.🔴 _ed — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) r
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nail (b) rice (c) moon
- 5.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rice (b) octopus (c) map
- 6.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) moon (b) ox (c) monkey
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rat (b) popcorn (c) nine
- 8.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) popcorn
- 10.🍿 _opcorn — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 11.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 12.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) moon (c) rice
- 13.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) m
- 14.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) r
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) net (c) rose
- 16.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) question (c) pizza
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) red (c) net
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rat (c) run
- 20.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) pen (b) nose (c) mango
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) rabbit
- 22.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) rain (b) pig (c) queen
- 23.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) mouse
- 24.Which picture starts like “ring”? (a) popcorn (b) question (c) rose
- 25.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) nut (b) peach (c) run
- 26.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) potato (b) pan (c) queen
- 27.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) q
- 28.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) p
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) mouse (b) question (c) nail
- 30.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) o
- 31.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) r
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) pig
- 33.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) p
- 34.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) needle (b) mouse (c) red
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) paint (b) mango (c) red
- 36.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 37.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) peach (b) mango (c) nine
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pizza (b) mouse (c) potato
- 39.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mango (b) nest (c) peach
- 40.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nose (b) map (c) ox
Answer key
- queen
- p
- r
- moon
- octopus
- ox
- nine
- q
- popcorn
- p
- m
- question
- o
- r
- net
- q
- octopus
- red
- nose
- nose
- monkey
- rain
- nest
- rose
- nut
- queen
- n
- o
- question
- n
- m
- pig
- r
- needle
- mango
- m
- nine
- mouse
- mango
- ox
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