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.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 2.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) saw (b) tap (c) sock
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) tiger (c) watch
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tent (b) turtle (c) watch
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) tent (c) sock
- 6.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) soap (b) wolf (c) tomato
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) umbrella (b) sun (c) zip
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) turtle (c) yo-yo
- 9.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) volcano
- 10.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 11.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) umbrella (b) sock (c) zebra
- 12.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) z
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) violin (c) umbrella
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) turtle (b) umbrella (c) window
- 15.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) w
- 16.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sock (b) violin (c) ten
- 17.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) window (c) wolf
- 18.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) sock (b) wolf (c) zip
- 19.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) turtle (b) volcano (c) tomato
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) torch (b) fox (c) window
- 21.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 22.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) u
- 23.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) y
- 24.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) turtle (b) yo-yo (c) six
- 25.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) s
- 26.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tent (b) tub (c) van
- 27.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) tomato (b) wolf (c) zebra
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) zebra (b) watch (c) yawn
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) up (b) ten (c) violin
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zebra (b) six (c) wave
- 31.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) watermelon (b) up (c) van
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) ten (c) window
- 33.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) zebra (c) ten
- 34.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) u
- 35.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) window (b) box (c) umbrella
- 36.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 37.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) z
- 38.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) ox (c) turkey
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tap (b) saw (c) up
- 40.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tub (b) yarn (c) up
Answer key
- y
- tap
- tiger
- watch
- tent
- tomato
- sun
- up
- umbrella
- w
- zebra
- u
- yo-yo
- window
- w
- sock
- yarn
- zip
- volcano
- fox
- u
- t
- y
- six
- s
- van
- tomato
- yawn
- violin
- six
- watermelon
- ten
- van
- s
- box
- y
- s
- ox
- saw
- tub
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