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