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 “y”? (a) up (b) watch (c) yawn
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tooth (b) soap (c) zebra
- 3.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) v
- 4.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) y
- 5.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) u
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) umbrella (b) torch (c) wolf
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wave (b) yawn (c) van
- 8.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) s
- 9.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) yarn (c) tooth
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yawn (b) web (c) six
- 11.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) violin (b) tiger (c) six
- 12.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) turkey (b) yo-yo (c) tent
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tent (b) saw (c) tiger
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zebra (b) sun (c) umbrella
- 15.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) saw (b) tea (c) yo-yo
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) sun (c) turtle
- 17.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) violin (c) box
- 18.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) t
- 19.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) t
- 20.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) s
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tooth (b) yo-yo (c) zebra
- 22.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) w
- 23.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) s
- 24.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) s
- 25.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) watermelon (b) watch (c) up
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) volcano (b) soap (c) watch
- 27.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) wolf (b) van (c) watermelon
- 28.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) yo-yo (c) watermelon
- 29.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) w
- 30.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watermelon (b) ox (c) tub
- 31.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 32.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 33.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) web (b) wave (c) yo-yo
- 34.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) w
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) van (c) tiger
- 36.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 37.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) t
- 38.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) soap (b) violin (c) wave
- 39.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) w
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tub (b) zero (c) sock
Answer key
- yawn
- zebra
- y
- y
- v
- torch
- van
- u
- umbrella
- web
- tiger
- yo-yo
- saw
- sun
- tea
- volcano
- box
- t
- t
- s
- yo-yo
- v
- s
- s
- up
- watch
- van
- fox
- t
- ox
- t
- y
- yo-yo
- v
- zip
- u
- w
- wave
- z
- tub
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