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 “z”? (a) up (b) web (c) zip
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tomato (b) tent (c) yawn
- 3.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) v
- 4.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) z
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) violin (c) tooth
- 6.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) v
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) soap (c) tooth
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) tomato (c) fox
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) turkey (c) web
- 10.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) s
- 11.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) s
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) web (c) turkey
- 13.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) z
- 14.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yo-yo (b) wave (c) up
- 15.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) window (c) tiger
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) sock (b) van (c) six
- 17.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) w
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tomato (b) zero (c) volcano
- 19.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) yarn (b) wolf (c) umbrella
- 20.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) web (b) tent (c) sun
- 21.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) sun (b) yarn (c) tea
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) van (b) tiger (c) wave
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) tomato (c) wave
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) van (c) saw
- 25.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) w
- 26.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) six (c) umbrella
- 28.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) tomato (c) soap
- 30.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) ten (b) yarn (c) watermelon
- 31.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) van (b) turtle (c) wolf
- 32.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watermelon (b) ox (c) zebra
- 33.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 34.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) tooth (b) soap (c) tent
- 35.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) ten (b) sun (c) up
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tub (b) window (c) yo-yo
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) yawn (b) up (c) watch
- 38.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) v
- 39.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) zip (b) wolf (c) zero
- 40.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) s
Answer key
- zip
- yawn
- v
- v
- umbrella
- s
- box
- fox
- zebra
- z
- s
- web
- w
- yo-yo
- zero
- van
- s
- volcano
- umbrella
- tent
- yarn
- wave
- sun
- watch
- y
- y
- six
- y
- tomato
- yarn
- wolf
- ox
- z
- soap
- up
- yo-yo
- up
- v
- wolf
- z
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