Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (s–z)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Say the word slowly and listen to the first sound: s… sun. Match it with a picture or a letter that starts the same way. For x, listen to the end of the word: fo-x, bo-x.
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- 1.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) u
- 2.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yo-yo (b) tap (c) ox
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) turkey (c) watch
- 4.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) tap (c) fox
- 6.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) w
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) six (c) web
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tent (b) up (c) tiger
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) wave (c) window
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ten (b) six (c) turtle
- 11.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tent (b) wolf (c) box
- 12.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) wolf (b) sun (c) ten
- 13.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) v
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tent (b) watermelon (c) sun
- 15.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) u
- 16.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) ten (b) turkey (c) umbrella
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) six (c) violin
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tooth (b) soap (c) umbrella
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) ten (c) yarn
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) umbrella (b) soap (c) tent
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tent (b) yawn (c) tub
- 22.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) saw (b) volcano (c) turkey
- 23.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 24.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) u
- 25.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) sock (b) ten (c) volcano
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tent (b) van (c) sock
- 27.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) w
- 28.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) v
- 29.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) zero (b) six (c) tiger
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tooth (b) yarn (c) umbrella
- 31.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) s
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) ten (c) umbrella
- 33.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) v
- 34.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) turkey (b) sun (c) soap
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) yarn (b) tooth (c) van
- 36.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) window (b) up (c) wave
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) sun (c) zero
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) saw (b) tea (c) zip
- 39.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) soap (b) zero (c) window
- 40.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) saw (b) violin (c) torch
Answer key
- v
- ox
- saw
- w
- fox
- u
- web
- up
- zebra
- six
- box
- sun
- y
- sun
- v
- umbrella
- zip
- tooth
- sock
- soap
- yawn
- saw
- w
- u
- volcano
- tent
- t
- y
- six
- umbrella
- t
- ten
- v
- turkey
- van
- up
- wolf
- tea
- zero
- violin
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