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