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.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) pin (b) road (c) mouse
- 3.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) monkey (c) mouse
- 4.🏃 _un — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) road (b) queen (c) rocket
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) road (c) monkey
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) paint (b) nail (c) question
- 8.🌈 _ainbow — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) map (b) nest (c) pencil
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pan (b) mouse (c) road
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) panda (b) milk (c) rose
- 12.Which picture starts like “potato”? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) milk
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) pen (b) olive (c) pin
- 14.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 15.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) ox (b) rat (c) mango
- 16.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) p
- 17.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) rain (c) rocket
- 18.🥜 _ut — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) o (c) n
- 19.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) q (c) m
- 20.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) q
- 21.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) question (b) popcorn (c) nest
- 22.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) road (b) peach (c) pig
- 23.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) rainbow (b) ring (c) pencil
- 24.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) rainbow (b) octopus (c) run
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) monkey (b) rice (c) pan
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mango (b) ox (c) paint
- 27.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) octopus (b) mango (c) nine
- 29.Which picture starts like “nine”? (a) ring (b) panda (c) nest
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) nest (b) rice (c) octopus
- 31.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pizza (b) moon (c) ring
- 32.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nest (b) moon (c) monkey
- 33.🍐 _ear — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) q
- 34.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) o
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) red (b) moon (c) olive
- 36.🐭 _ouse — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) n
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) mango (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 38.🌙 _oon — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) q
- 39.Which picture starts like “needle”? (a) milk (b) rocket (c) net
- 40.Which picture starts like “mango”? (a) pin (b) rabbit (c) monkey
Answer key
- q
- mouse
- queen
- r
- queen
- monkey
- question
- r
- pencil
- road
- milk
- parrot
- olive
- p
- mango
- q
- question
- n
- m
- r
- popcorn
- road
- pencil
- octopus
- pan
- ox
- o
- nine
- nest
- octopus
- moon
- nest
- p
- o
- moon
- m
- mango
- m
- net
- monkey
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