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 starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) wave (c) tap
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) tub (c) sun
- 3.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) six (b) tea (c) van
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watermelon (b) zip (c) wave
- 5.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) u
- 6.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) y
- 7.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) y
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tub (b) box (c) van
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tub (b) soap (c) six
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tea (b) up (c) zip
- 11.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) v
- 12.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) tiger
- 13.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) w
- 14.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) s
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zip (b) six (c) wolf
- 16.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) violin (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 17.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) t
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) tea (c) tiger
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tooth (b) tea (c) watermelon
- 20.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
- 21.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 22.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) sock (b) watermelon (c) six
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tent (b) web (c) six
- 24.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) tooth
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) web (b) umbrella (c) soap
- 26.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) sun (b) wave (c) van
- 27.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) v
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) zip (b) van (c) sun
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tooth (b) zebra (c) wolf
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) umbrella (c) tiger
- 31.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) zebra
- 32.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) torch (b) yawn (c) violin
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zip (b) six (c) web
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) tent (c) soap
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) sock (b) tea (c) yawn
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yawn (b) saw (c) up
- 37.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yo-yo (b) tub (c) up
- 38.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tomato (c) sock
- 39.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) zero (b) tiger (c) yawn
- 40.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) zero (b) umbrella (c) turtle
Answer key
- tap
- zebra
- six
- zip
- u
- s
- y
- box
- six
- up
- v
- saw
- w
- t
- wolf
- violin
- t
- fox
- watermelon
- v
- w
- watermelon
- web
- sun
- umbrella
- sun
- s
- van
- tooth
- watch
- zebra
- violin
- six
- tent
- yawn
- saw
- yo-yo
- ox
- yawn
- umbrella
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