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.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) u
- 2.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) z
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) web (b) tea (c) tomato
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) saw (b) zero (c) yarn
- 5.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) watermelon (b) turkey (c) soap
- 6.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) violin (b) sun (c) turtle
- 7.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) w
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) yarn (b) umbrella (c) watermelon
- 9.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) tap (b) wave (c) soap
- 10.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) t
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) window (c) torch
- 12.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) up (c) tap
- 13.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) w
- 14.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) zip (b) saw (c) watermelon
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) torch (b) six (c) tap
- 16.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 17.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yo-yo (b) wolf (c) violin
- 18.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) sun (b) ten (c) wave
- 19.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) u
- 20.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) z
- 21.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) ten (b) umbrella (c) sun
- 22.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) violin (b) up (c) web
- 23.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) turkey (b) yawn (c) sock
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) ten (b) wolf (c) yawn
- 25.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tiger (b) volcano (c) zip
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) sun (b) up (c) six
- 28.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sun (b) tea (c) up
- 29.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) sock (b) volcano (c) yarn
- 30.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) zero (b) saw (c) up
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) tub (c) tent
- 32.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) saw (c) soap
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) soap (b) tiger (c) zip
- 34.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ten (b) torch (c) fox
- 35.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) t
- 36.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
- 37.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) z
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) yawn (c) turtle
- 39.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) tea (c) torch
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) torch (c) window
Answer key
- v
- v
- web
- yarn
- turkey
- sun
- z
- umbrella
- wave
- t
- zebra
- zip
- v
- saw
- six
- z
- yo-yo
- ten
- w
- w
- sun
- violin
- sock
- yawn
- t
- tiger
- up
- sun
- yarn
- up
- van
- umbrella
- zip
- fox
- u
- s
- z
- sun
- zero
- window
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