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.👃 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) q
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rice (b) net (c) pin
- 3.💍 _ing — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) paint (b) needle (c) nut
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) panda (c) rain
- 6.🥭 _ango — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) m
- 7.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) octopus (b) popcorn (c) rain
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) nut (b) mouse (c) potato
- 9.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) r
- 10.Which picture starts like “pan”? (a) net (b) pin (c) olive
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) needle (b) question (c) run
- 12.Which picture starts like “rainbow”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) nut
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rocket (b) needle (c) pear
- 14.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) q
- 15.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) popcorn (b) nine (c) monkey
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) peach (b) robot (c) nail
- 17.Which picture starts like “peach”? (a) question (b) olive (c) pear
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) pear (c) question
- 19.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) octopus (b) paint (c) monkey
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) mango (c) pig
- 21.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) nose (b) panda (c) queen
- 22.🍕 _izza — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 23.🐒 _onkey — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) m
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) octopus (b) queen (c) pencil
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) map (b) rose (c) ox
- 26.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) pear (b) net (c) ring
- 27.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) pan (b) nose (c) question
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) octopus (b) pencil (c) moon
- 29.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) run (b) net (c) queen
- 30.Which picture starts like “pear”? (a) rat (b) mango (c) paint
- 31.Which picture starts like “nest”? (a) run (b) queen (c) nut
- 32.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) q (c) r
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) potato (b) ox (c) milk
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) potato (b) rice (c) octopus
- 35.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 36.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) needle (b) ox (c) net
- 37.🐀 _at — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) r
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) road (b) milk (c) rocket
- 39.Which picture starts like “red”? (a) olive (b) rain (c) paint
- 40.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
Answer key
- n
- net
- r
- paint
- panda
- m
- octopus
- mouse
- r
- pin
- question
- rose
- rocket
- q
- monkey
- robot
- pear
- pear
- octopus
- mango
- queen
- p
- m
- queen
- rose
- net
- question
- moon
- net
- paint
- nut
- q
- ox
- rice
- m
- ox
- r
- milk
- rain
- r
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