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.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) u
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) tap (c) watermelon
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tent (b) zip (c) zero
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) web
- 5.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) y
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) sun (b) yawn (c) zip
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wolf (b) tiger (c) six
- 8.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) w
- 9.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) volcano (b) zebra (c) six
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wave (b) turtle (c) van
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) zero (c) tomato
- 13.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) saw (c) tap
- 14.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) y
- 15.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) s
- 16.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) sun (b) tooth (c) van
- 17.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 18.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 19.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zip (b) fox (c) tea
- 20.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tomato (b) torch (c) yarn
- 21.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tea (b) yawn (c) six
- 23.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) soap (b) tea (c) ten
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) window
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) soap
- 26.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) v
- 27.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tooth (b) umbrella (c) zip
- 28.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) van (c) ten
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tooth (b) violin (c) zip
- 30.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) yo-yo
- 31.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) volcano (b) tub (c) zip
- 32.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) volcano (b) wolf (c) torch
- 33.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) z
- 34.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) wolf (b) sock (c) zero
- 35.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 36.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) v
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) tooth (c) umbrella
- 38.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) yo-yo (b) tomato (c) watch
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) watermelon (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wave (b) watermelon (c) turtle
Answer key
- t
- saw
- tent
- web
- y
- zip
- six
- s
- t
- zebra
- van
- umbrella
- volcano
- w
- s
- van
- y
- t
- fox
- yarn
- y
- yawn
- soap
- window
- tomato
- z
- umbrella
- ox
- violin
- up
- zip
- volcano
- u
- zero
- t
- v
- watch
- tomato
- yo-yo
- turtle
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