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) olive (b) panda (c) question
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) milk (b) rabbit (c) mango
- 3.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) p (c) o
- 4.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) rice
- 5.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) nut (b) question (c) rice
- 6.Which picture starts like “rice”? (a) run (b) pen (c) mango
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) moon (b) rain (c) octopus
- 8.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) pen (b) rice (c) moon
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) peach (b) pear (c) nut
- 10.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) ox (b) nest (c) milk
- 11.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) nose (b) rocket (c) milk
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) road (b) map (c) pear
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) pizza (b) queen (c) nut
- 14.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) question (b) ox (c) net
- 15.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 16.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) moon (b) pencil (c) rainbow
- 17.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 18.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 19.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 20.🪺 _est — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) n
- 21.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) potato (b) olive (c) milk
- 22.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) m
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) nose (b) rose (c) rat
- 24.🎨 _aint — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) p
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) parrot (b) moon (c) queen
- 26.Which picture starts like “rocket”? (a) robot (b) milk (c) nine
- 27.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) rat (b) nose (c) pear
- 28.🚀 _ocket — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) r (c) n
- 29.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) m
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) olive (b) road (c) pencil
- 31.🌧️ _ain — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 32.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) n
- 33.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) potato (b) run (c) nail
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nose (b) ring (c) olive
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pear (b) rocket (c) monkey
- 36.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) m (c) n
- 37.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 38.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) p
- 39.🐷 _ig — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) road (b) needle (c) pan
Answer key
- question
- rabbit
- p
- olive
- question
- run
- octopus
- pen
- nut
- ox
- nose
- pear
- queen
- ox
- q
- pencil
- q
- n
- m
- n
- milk
- n
- nose
- p
- moon
- robot
- pear
- r
- o
- road
- r
- o
- nail
- olive
- rocket
- n
- m
- r
- p
- needle
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