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.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) violin (b) tomato (c) box
- 2.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) z
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wave (b) ox (c) sock
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watch (b) umbrella (c) tea
- 5.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) volcano (b) torch (c) watermelon
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tent (b) volcano (c) zip
- 7.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) v
- 8.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) t
- 9.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) y
- 10.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) sun (b) tent (c) yarn
- 11.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) u
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zip (b) volcano (c) sun
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) ten (c) sock
- 14.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tomato (b) yo-yo (c) sock
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) turtle (c) window
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) yawn (c) wolf
- 17.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) w
- 18.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) violin (b) zebra (c) sun
- 19.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) yo-yo (b) turtle (c) watermelon
- 20.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) tub (b) watermelon (c) yarn
- 21.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) z
- 22.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) s
- 23.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sun (b) van (c) wave
- 24.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) t
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tent (b) yo-yo (c) volcano
- 26.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) u
- 27.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) zebra (b) watch (c) violin
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tent (b) zebra (c) zip
- 30.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) volcano (b) tent (c) six
- 31.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) v
- 32.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) torch (b) up (c) web
- 33.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 34.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tent (b) zip (c) tiger
- 35.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) t
- 36.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) w
- 37.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) window (b) tea (c) yawn
- 38.Which picture starts like “turtle”? (a) sun (b) tiger (c) yo-yo
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tomato (b) watch (c) zip
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) sun (b) torch (c) van
Answer key
- box
- y
- ox
- tea
- volcano
- zip
- t
- t
- v
- tent
- s
- sun
- umbrella
- yo-yo
- fox
- tomato
- z
- zebra
- watermelon
- watermelon
- y
- z
- sun
- t
- volcano
- w
- s
- violin
- tent
- six
- y
- up
- s
- zip
- s
- z
- yawn
- tiger
- watch
- van
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